The Only Use of
minute
in
Flowers for Algernon -- Short Story
Uses with a very common or rare meaning:
- …busy thinking and reading. when i pointed out that writing was such a slow process that it made me impatient with my poor handwriting, he suggested that i learn to type. it's much easier to write now because i can type nearly seventyfive words a minute. dr. strauss continually reminds me of the need to speak and write simply so that people will be able to understand me. i'll try to review all the things that happened to me during the last two weeks. algernon and i were presented to the…†
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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.