by the mnute＝very mnute＝mnute by mnute 刻一刻と, 刻々と (cf. 2 a).

to the mnute 1 分も違(_たが)わず, きっかり (cf. to an HOUR (2)).

・The train left at six o'clock to the minute. 列車は 6 時きっかりに出た.

p to the mnute きわめて最新の, 先端的な (up-to-date). 《1912》

adj. [限定的] 急ごしらえの, 速製の, 即席の.

・⇒minute steak.

vt.

1 精密に…の時間を計る.

・minute a race [the speed of a train, the duration of an eclipse] レース[列車のスピード, 日食の持続]の時間を精密に計る.