Definitions of minute:

• noun:   a short note

  Example: "The secretary keeps the minutes of the meeting"

• noun:   a unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree
• noun:   a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour

  Example: "He ran a 4 minute mile"

• noun:   distance measured by the time taken to cover it

  Example: "Its just 10 minutes away"

• noun:   a particular point in time
• noun:   an indefinitely short time

  Example: "It only takes a minute"

• adjective:   characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination

  Example: "A minute inspection of the grounds"

• adjective:   infinitely or immeasurably small

  Example: "Two minute whiplike threads of protoplasm"

• adjective:   immeasurably small