Definition:Time/Unit/Minute

Definition
The minute is a derived unit of time.

It is defined as being $60$ seconds.

Linguistic Note
The word minute derives from its initial definition as a minute part of an hour.

In this context the word minute (meaning: the duration of $60$ seconds) is pronounced min-it.

The word minute (in the phrase minute part) is pronounced my-nyoot and means small.

So fact that the two words are spelt identically is not a coincidence.