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min

/mɪn/ symbol

Latin root: minus Wiktionary

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minimum function

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minute (accepted for use with the International System of Units)

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ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Minangkabau.

noun

Abbreviation of minute.
Clipping of minute.
Dinner's ready, darling! – Be there in a min!

Origin

From Middle English min, from Old English min (“less; small, mean”), from Proto-West Germanic *minni, from Proto-Germanic *minniz (“less”), from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“small, little”). Cognate with Scots min (“less, lesser”), West Frisian min (“small, bad”), Dutch min (“less, small”), Low German minn (“small, low, lean”), German minder (“less”), Icelandic minna (“less”), Latin minus (“less”).

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