"minute hand" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: minute hands [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} minute hand (plural minute hands)
  1. The hand of a clock or watch face that revolves once each hour and indicates the minutes. Categories (topical): Clocks Synonyms: big hand Translations (the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes): عَقْرَب دَقَائِق (ʕaqrab daqāʔiq) [masculine] (Arabic), րոպեի սլաք (ropei slakʻ) (Armenian), хвілі́нная стрэ́лка (xvilínnaja strélka) [feminine] (Belarusian), мину́тна стрелка́ (minútna strelká) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 分針 (Chinese Mandarin), 分针 (fēnzhēn) (Chinese Mandarin), 大針 (Chinese Mandarin), 大针 (dàzhēn) (Chinese Mandarin), 長針 (Chinese Mandarin), 长针 (chángzhēn) (Chinese Mandarin), minutová ručička [feminine] (Czech), minutenwijzer [masculine] (Dutch), minuuttiosoitin (Finnish), minuuttiviisari (Finnish), grande aiguille [feminine] (French), aiguille des minutes [feminine] (French), Minutenzeiger [masculine] (German), λεπτοδείκτης (leptodeíktis) (Greek), λεπτοδείχτης (leptodeíchtis) [masculine] (Greek), percmutató (Hungarian), nagymutató (Hungarian), jarum panjang (Indonesian), snáthaid mhór [feminine] (Irish), 分針 (funshin) (alt: ふんしん) (Japanese), 長針 (chōshin) (alt: ちょうしん) (Japanese), 분침 (bunchim) (alt: 分針) (Korean), 장침 (jangchim) (alt: 長針) (Korean), 긴바늘 (ginbaneul) (Korean), minutiera [feminine] (Maltese), minuttviser [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), minuttvisar [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), Minnutenwiesa [masculine] (Plautdietsch), wskazówka minutowa [feminine] (Polish), ponteiro dos minutos [masculine] (Portuguese), мину́тная стре́лка (minútnaja strélka) [feminine] (Russian), больша́я стре́лка (bolʹšája strélka) [feminine] (Russian), an spòg mhòr (Scottish Gaelic), minútová ručička [feminine] (Slovak), minutero [masculine] (Spanish), minutvisare [common-gender] (Swedish), yelkovan (Turkish), хвили́нна стрі́лка (xvylýnna strílka) [feminine] (Ukrainian)

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes",
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          "sense": "the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes",
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          "sense": "the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes",
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "minutová ručička"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes",
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes",
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "grande aiguille"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes",
          "tags": [
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          "roman": "leptodeíktis",
          "sense": "the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes",
          "word": "λεπτοδείκτης"
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          "roman": "leptodeíchtis",
          "sense": "the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes",
          "word": "percmutató"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes",
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          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes",
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          "lang": "Japanese",
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          "sense": "the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes",
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          "lang": "Japanese",
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          "sense": "the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes",
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        },
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          "alt": "分針",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "bunchim",
          "sense": "the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes",
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          "sense": "the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes",
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          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "ginbaneul",
          "sense": "the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes",
          "word": "긴바늘"
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          "lang": "Maltese",
          "sense": "the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "minutiera"
        },
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          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "minuttviser"
        },
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          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "minuttvisar"
        },
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          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Minnutenwiesa"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "wskazówka minutowa"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ponteiro dos minutos"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "minútnaja strélka",
          "sense": "the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "мину́тная стре́лка"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "bolʹšája strélka",
          "sense": "the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "больша́я стре́лка"
        },
        {
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes",
          "word": "an spòg mhòr"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "minútová ručička"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "minutero"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "minutvisare"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes",
          "word": "yelkovan"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "xvylýnna strílka",
          "sense": "the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "хвили́нна стрі́лка"
        }
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  "word": "minute hand"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʕaqrab daqāʔiq",
      "sense": "the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "عَقْرَب دَقَائِق"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "ropei slakʻ",
      "sense": "the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes",
      "word": "րոպեի սլաք"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "xvilínnaja strélka",
      "sense": "the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "хвілі́нная стрэ́лка"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "minútna strelká",
      "sense": "the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "мину́тна стрелка́"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes",
      "word": "分針"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fēnzhēn",
      "sense": "the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes",
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    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes",
      "word": "大針"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dàzhēn",
      "sense": "the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes",
      "word": "大针"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes",
      "word": "長針"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chángzhēn",
      "sense": "the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes",
      "word": "长针"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "minutová ručička"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "minutenwijzer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes",
      "word": "minuuttiosoitin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes",
      "word": "minuuttiviisari"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "grande aiguille"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aiguille des minutes"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "Minutenzeiger"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "leptodeíktis",
      "sense": "the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes",
      "word": "λεπτοδείκτης"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "leptodeíchtis",
      "sense": "the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "λεπτοδείχτης"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes",
      "word": "percmutató"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes",
      "word": "nagymutató"
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    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes",
      "word": "jarum panjang"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "snáthaid mhór"
    },
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      "alt": "ふんしん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "funshin",
      "sense": "the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes",
      "word": "分針"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ちょうしん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "chōshin",
      "sense": "the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes",
      "word": "長針"
    },
    {
      "alt": "分針",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "bunchim",
      "sense": "the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes",
      "word": "분침"
    },
    {
      "alt": "長針",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jangchim",
      "sense": "the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes",
      "word": "장침"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "ginbaneul",
      "sense": "the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes",
      "word": "긴바늘"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "minutiera"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "minuttviser"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "minuttvisar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Minnutenwiesa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "wskazówka minutowa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ponteiro dos minutos"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "minútnaja strélka",
      "sense": "the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "мину́тная стре́лка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bolʹšája strélka",
      "sense": "the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "больша́я стре́лка"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes",
      "word": "an spòg mhòr"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "minútová ručička"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "minutero"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "minutvisare"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes",
      "word": "yelkovan"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "xvylýnna strílka",
      "sense": "the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "хвили́нна стрі́лка"
    }
  ],
  "word": "minute hand"
}

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