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minute hand [′min·ət ‚hand]

(horology)

The long hand on a timepiece, indicating minutes.

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No references found			What he was continually looking at in the palm of his right hand was nothing but his watch, the minute hand of which he appeared to be noting intently. The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Leroux, Gaston View in context When the minute hand had recorded the lapse of five minutes more a door banged in the bedroom regions -a clear young voice was heard singing blithely -- light, rapid footsteps pattered on the upper stairs, descended with a jump to the landing, and pattered again, faster than ever, down the lower flight. No Name by Collins, Wilkie View in context I found besides a large account-book, which, when opened, hopefully turned out to my infinite consternation to be filled with verses--page after page of rhymed doggerel of a jovial and im proper character, written in the neatest minute hand I ever did see. Falk - A Reminiscence by Conrad, Joseph View in context			Minucius Felix, Marcus minuend Minuet Minuf MINUIT Minuit, Peter minus minus angle minus infinity Minus R Minus RW minus sieve minus sight minus sign minus strand minus zone minus-cement porosity Minuscule Minusinsk Minusinsk Basin Minusinsk Coal Basin Minusinsk Forest Steppe Minusinsk Horse Minusinsk Uprising minute minute hand Minute Man National Historical Park minute pressure minute wheel minuteman Minuteman missile Minuteman Missile National Historic Site minutemen Minutes minutes on leg Minuvshie Gody Minya Konka Minya, Al Minya, al- minyulite Minzhilkiev, Bulat Minzhilkiev, Bulat Abdullaevich MIO Miocene Miocene Epoch miocrystalline miogeocline Miogeosyncline Miohippus Miory Miosireninae			Minusinsk Coal Basin Minusinsk Forest Steppe Minusinsk Horse Minusinsk Uprising MINUSTAH Minutary minute minute minute minute minute minute minute Minute (angle) minute account minute application minute attention Minute bell minute book minute book minute canine virus (MCV) minute canine virus (MCV) minute canine virus (MCV) minute canine virus (MCV) minute circumstance Minute Entry Electronic Distribution System minute examination Minute glass minute gun minute guns minute hand minute hands minute hands minute happens minute investigation Minute Man Minute Man 3 Minute Man Arc for Human Services Minute Man Dart League Minute Man II Minute Man National Historic Park Minute Man National Historical Park Minute Man National Park Association minute mark Minute men minute mouse virus minute mouse virus minute mouse virus minute mouse virus Minute of angle Minute of angle minute of arc minute of arc minute of arc minute of arc minute of arc Minute of Program minute part minute pressure Minute Pulmonary Meningothelial-Like Nodule minute quantity

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