Meaning of the word minutes in English

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minutes

US /ˈmɪn·əts/

Noun

1.

a period of time equal to sixty seconds or a sixtieth of an hour.

Example:
he stood in the shower for twenty minutes
2.

a sixtieth of a degree of angular measurement (symbol: ʹ).

Example:
Delta Lyrae is a double star with a separation of over 10 minutes of arc
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