All 50 Uses of
minute
in
The Hunt for Red October
- The minute waves of hydraulic pressure were beating against the clapper in the valve.
Chpt 8. (definition 1) *minute = small
- When a dozen more were in place, they'd put tension on the cables to prevent the minutest shift.
Chpt 9. (definition 1)minutest = slightest
Uses with a very common or rare meaning:
- A few minutes later the chop began to pick up, making the submarine roll.†
Chpt 1. (definition 2)
- Five minutes later the submarine slowed her descent at ninety meters and settled the next ten to a perfect stop at one hundred.†
Chpt 1. (definition 2)
- Fifteen minutes until he could open the safe.†
Chpt 1. (definition 2)
- It was nearly two minutes before the heart stopped completely.†
Chpt 1. (definition 2)
- He was alive only a minute ago!†
Chpt 1. (definition 2)
- Even so, the American sonarmen had picked up on the Soviet sub a few minutes earlier, despite the fact that they were traveling at fourteen knots.†
Chpt 2. (definition 2)
- His screws stopped a few minutes ago and have not restarted.†
Chpt 2. (definition 2)
- Nancy, Dr. Ryan will need a car and a driver in fifteen minutes.†
Chpt 4. (definition 2)
- Though a missile on a low, fast flight path loses much of its accuracy, a few of them can be launched to explode over Washington in less than a few minutes' time, too little for a president to react.†
Chpt 4. (definition 2)
- It was a fifteen-minute drive to the Marriott.†
Chpt 4. (definition 2)
- Franklin listened for several minutes, but he didn't sit down.†
Chpt 4. (definition 2)
- Jones' trance lasted ten minutes—longer than usual.†
Chpt 5. (definition 2)
- He listened for several minutes before setting the headphones down, then shook his head.†
Chpt 5. (definition 2)
- The two men spent several minutes working with the sonar controls to isolate the signal.†
Chpt 5. (definition 2)
- Wait a minute!†
Chpt 5. (definition 2)
- Deciphering the message by hand took under three minutes, and when that was completed it was carried to the captain in the attack center.†
Chpt 5. (definition 2)
- The ten-mile move eastward had given them adequate range information for their initial three contacts and another Alfa which had turned up a few minutes later.†
Chpt 5. (definition 2)
- He was in Greer's office five minutes later.†
Chpt 5. (definition 2)
- TOP SECRET 102200Z38976 NSA SIGINT BULLETIN REDNAV OPS MESSAGE FOLLOWS AT 083145Z NSA MONITOR STATIONS [DELETED] [DELETED] AND [DELETED] RECORDED AN ELF BROADCAST FROM REDFLEET ELF FACILITY SEMIPOLIPINSK XX MESSAGE DURATION 10 MINUTES XX 6 ELEMENTS XX ELF SIGNAL IS EVALUATED AS "PREP" BROADCAST TO REDFLEET SUBMARINES AT SEA XX AT 090000Z AN "ALL SHIPS" BROADCAST WAS MADE BY REDFLEET HEADQUARTERS CENTRAL COMMO STATION TULA AND SATELLITES THREE AND FIVE XX BANDS USED: HF VHF UHF XX…†
Chpt 5. (definition 2)
- Breakfast was sent up twenty minutes later.†
Chpt 5. (definition 2)
- Ten minutes later a messenger arrived with a cart from central files.†
Chpt 5. (definition 2)
- Thirty minutes after its arrival, he inspected the five exposed frames through a magnifying glass and sent a FLASH-priority dispatch to Washington saying that a CARDINAL signal was en route.†
Chpt 6. (definition 2)
- He spoke for ten minutes.†
Chpt 6. (definition 2) *
- Ryan, you have ninety minutes.†
Chpt 6. (definition 2)
- This perennial thorn in NATO's southern flank had flared up a few weeks earlier when a Greek student had run over a Turkish child with his car and been killed by a gang minutes later.†
Chpt 6. (definition 2)
- The president arrived a minute later.†
Chpt 6. (definition 2)
- I trust you will bear with me for a few minutes, and please feel free to interrupt with questions at any time.†
Chpt 6. (definition 2)
- Wait a minute.†
Chpt 6. (definition 2)
- Jack, you want to come back in here a minute?†
Chpt 6. (definition 2)
- They were only ninety minutes out of Oceana Naval Air Station at Virginia Beach.†
Chpt 7. (definition 2)
- The double doors to the passageway opened serveral minutes later and a pair of stewards—"mess management specialists"—came in, one bearing a tray of food, the other two pots of coffee.†
Chpt 7. (definition 2)
- His delivery took twenty minutes, during which he managed to consume the two sandwiches and a goodly portion of his cole slaw and spill coffee on his hand-written notes.†
Chpt 7. (definition 2)
- Ryan explained for several minutes.†
Chpt 7. (definition 2)
- It was getting so that they couldn't flush the head without a computer command…The Dallas' course track showed up as a convoluted red line, with tick marks displayed at fifteen-minute intervals.†
Chpt 7. (definition 2)
- Two minutes of listening seemed to indicate a regular interval of about five seconds.†
Chpt 7. (definition 2)
- Two minutes later, Lieutenant Earl Butler came into the attack center.†
Chpt 7. (definition 2)
- It took five minutes to get from five hundred feet to just below the stormy surface.†
Chpt 7. (definition 2)
- 4 appeared a minute early.†
Chpt 7. (definition 2)
- Parker was back in three minutes.†
Chpt 7. (definition 2)
- Forty minutes.†
Chpt 7. (definition 2)
- His delivery took fifteen minutes.†
Chpt 7. (definition 2)
- In ten minutes, Ryan was on the cot and asleep.†
Chpt 7. (definition 2)
- Twenty minutes later Svyadov, now sweating from the warm air that gathered at the top of the compartment, made an identical report.†
Chpt 7. (definition 2)
- The more complex piping required a full fifty minutes to check.†
Chpt 7. (definition 2)
- It took a minute to get his hair in place and the uniform arranged properly.†
Chpt 8. (definition 2)
- A steward in a white livery served them expertly, setting a third place for Hunter, who appeared within a few minutes.†
Chpt 8. (definition 2)
- Thirty minutes later Ryan was in a darkened, quiet room whose walls were a solid bank of electronic instruments and glass plotting panels.†
Chpt 8. (definition 2)
- The White House The Soviet ambassador entered the Oval Office a minute early, at 10:59 A.M. He was a short, overweight man with a broad Slavic face and eyes that would have done a professional gambler proud.†
Chpt 8. (definition 2)
Definitions:
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(1) (minute as in: minute size) small, exceptionally small, or insignificant
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(2) (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.