minute

Also known as min, mins, minutes, minuit, minuits, min., mins.

A minute is a unit of time defined as equal to 60 seconds. It is not a unit in the International System of Units (SI), but is accepted for use with SI. The SI symbol for minutes is min (without a dot). The prime symbol is also sometimes used informally to denote minutes.

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A minute is a unit of time equal to 60 seconds, widely used in everyday life to measure short durations. Although not part of the official International System of Units, it is formally accepted for use alongside SI units and is universally recognized, making it essential for practical timekeeping.

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Unit.name: minute
Unit.image: Clock 12-01.svgclass=skin-invert
Unit.caption: An analogue clock showing one minute after twelve
Unit.symbol: min
Unit.standard: Non-SI units accepted for use with the SI
Unit.quantity: time
Unit.units1: SI units
Unit.units2: Non-SI units
Unit.inunits2: h

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exact match: www.w3.org/TR/owl-time/#time:unitMinute
unit symbol: min
Commons category: Minute
Commons gallery: Minute
conversion to SI unit: 60
Wikidata time precision: 13
conversion to standard unit: 61
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In the UTC time standard, a minute on rare occasions has 61 seconds, a consequence of leap seconds; there is also a provision to insert a negative leap second, which would result in a 59-second minute, but this has never happened in more than 40 years under this system.