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arc·min·ute

 (ärk′mĭn′ĭt)
n.
See minute1.
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Noun1.arcminute - a unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degreearcminute - a unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree
minute of arc, minute
angular unit - a unit of measurement for angles
arcdegree, degree - a measure for arcs and angles; "there are 360 degrees in a circle"
arcsecond, second - a 60th part of a minute of arc; "the treasure is 2 minutes and 45 seconds south of here"
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arcminute One sixtieth of a degree of angular measure.
Glossary
It is believed to display only a small circular haze less than 1 arcminute across with understandably no stars resolved.
The pendulum clock
The sample alignment thus requires only arcminute precision to locate the minimum in [[PHI].
High-precision determination of the neutron coherent scattering length
Accordingly, JEM-X takes readings simultaneously with those of the SF1 and IBIS devices and provides imagery with arcminute angular resolutions within the 3 to 35 keV prime energy band.
ESA launches most sensitive gamma ray observatory ever built. (International Report)
The new evidence comes from the Arcminute Cosmology Bolometer Array Receiver (ACBAR), a South Pole network of 16 detectors that probes the temperature of the Big Bang's remnant radiation, known as the cosmic microwave background.
Findings from the cosmic microwave background. (News of the Early Universe)
During the transit, Venus will present a disk about one arcminute across.
Venus transit to be witnessed by North and Central America on June 5
M101 spans roughly 28 arcminutes, while M51's light is packed into a relatively compact 11-by-8-arcminute oval.
Two in the Dipper's handle
A degree is made up of 60 arcminutes (60'), and each arcminute is made up of 60 arcseconds (60").
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A degree is made up of 60 arcminutes, and each arcminute is divided into 60 arcseconds.
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The team looked for sharp brightness changes in the CMB on arcminute scales, corresponding in this case to the few million light-years that an individual galaxy's dark matter halo spans.
Dark matter: mapping the (not-so-) invisible
The human eye could theoretically resolve about 1/2 arcminute if it were made with machine perfection, but in the real world, folks with excellent eyesight can resolve about 2 arcminutes.
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A tight Jupiter-Venus-Neptune conjunction had already formed in Ophiuchus, with Venus and Jupiter separated by less than 1[degrees] and Venus-Neptune separated by less than 1 arcminute.
The grand conclave: one of the greatest celestial events was seen by only a few

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