Both Uses of
minute
in
The Tempest
Uses with a very common or rare meaning:
- The hour's now come, The very minute bids thee ope thine ear; Obey, and be attentive.†
Scene 1.2
- [Aside] I had forgot that foul conspiracy Of the beast Caliban and his confederates Against my life: the minute of their plot Is almost come.†
Scene 4.1 *
Definition:
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(meaning too common or rare to warrant focus) Much more commonly, minute and minutes refer to a period of time lasting 60 seconds.
Less commonly, they refer to a measurement of angle where 60 minutes make up a single degree, and where a right angle has 90 degrees and a circle has 360 degrees.