All 15 Uses of
minute
in
Fast Food Nation
- The McDonald's Corporation insists that its franchise operators follow directives on food preparation, purchasing, store design, and countless other minute details.
p. 75..8 (definition 1)minute = small
- The smell of a strawberry arises from the interaction of at least 350 different chemicals that are present in minute amounts.
p. 125..4 (definition 1) *minute = very small
- The taste of a food can be radically altered by minute changes in the flavoring mix.
p. 127..9 (definition 1)minute = small
- The heartiness and minute infectious dose of E. coli 0157:H7 allow the pathogen to be spread in many ways.
p. 201..2 (definition 1)
Uses with a very common or rare meaning:
- You can drive for twenty minutes, pass another fast food cluster, and feel like you've gotten nowhere.†
p. 60..9 (definition 2)
- An elaborate unit emptied frozen french fries from a white plastic bin into wire-mesh baskets for frying, lowered the baskets into hot oil, lifted them a few minutes later and gave them a brief shake, put them back into the oil until the fries were perfectly cooked, and then dumped the fries underneath heat lamps, crisp and ready to be served.†
p. 66..9 (definition 2)
- I watch the knocker knock cattle for a couple of minutes.†
p. 171..8 (definition 2) *
- Workers often bring their knives home and spend at least forty minutes a day keeping the edges smooth, sharp, and sanded, with no pits.†
p. 173..5 (definition 2)
- Today some plants slaughter up to 400 cattle an hour — about half a dozen animals every minute, sent down a single production line, carved by workers desperate not to fall behind.†
p. 173..9 (definition 2)
- Raoul's arm got stuck, and it took workers twenty minutes to get it out.†
p. 186..9 (definition 2)
- It takes fifteen minutes for the machine to shut down completely.†
p. 189..5 (definition 2)
- Knives are supposed to be cleaned and disinfected every few minutes, something that workers in a hurry tend to forget.†
p. 203..6 (definition 2)
- The companies that manufactured hamburger patties for Jack in the Box were required to test their beef every fifteen minutes for a wide range of dangerous microbes, including E. coli 0157:H7.†
p. 209..1 (definition 2)
- With every passing minute, bacteria grows more firmly attached and difficult to kill.†
p. 216..9 (definition 2)
- A few minutes into Gorbachev's speech, the audience began to lose interest.†
p. 238..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.