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minute hand
[ min-it ]
noun
- the hand that indicates the minutes on a clock or watch, usually longer than the hour hand.
minute hand
/ ˈmɪnɪt /
noun
- the pointer on a timepiece that indicates minutes, typically the longer hand of two Compare hour hand second hand
Word History and Origins
Origin of minute hand1
Example Sentences
The 62-year-old also explained how the clock keeps its time during the year despite the forces of gravity on the minute hand.
This clock-inspired design involves placing two nanorods made of Mg at a certain modifiable angle, resembling the hour and minute hands of a clock.
Two years later, the minute hand moved forward to just 100 seconds before midnight, and this January — the most recent Doomsday Clock announcement — it was, for the first time ever, inched forward to 90 seconds.
The only motion was the minute hand and the agitated red star-shaped time indicator on Fischer’s clock.
Webb is a big telescope, so it slews slower than the minute hand on a clock.
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