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minute hand

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min·ute hand  (mnt)
n.
The long hand on a clock or watch that indicates minutes.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.minute handminute hand - points to the minutes                
big hand
hand - a rotating pointer on the face of a timepiece; "the big hand counts the minutes"
Translations

minute hand n → minutero
minute hand n → aiguille f des minutes
minute hand minute2 n → Minutenzeiger m
minute hand n → lancetta dei minuti


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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
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