The English word minute is both a noun and an adjective.

As a noun, minute is pronounced /ˈmɪnɪt/.

A minute is a period of time, sixty seconds or one sixtieth of an hour.
They were twenty minutes late.

A woman and her son in a railway station. A clock above them shows nine minutes past ten. The word minute is a measure of time, but it can also mean very small.
The train leaves in one minute.

Minute can also refer to a distance, how far you can walk or drive in a minute.
Our house is just ten minutes from the bus stop.

Minute also indicates a very short time.
Sit down, please; I’ll be with you in a minute.

In geometry, minute is a sixtieth of a degree of an angle.

The noun minute comes from Medieval Latin pars minuta prima, first small part, from minutus, made small. (Second comes from pars minuta secunda, second small part.)

The plural noun minutes refers to a record of the proceedings of a meeting. It comes via French minute from Latin scriptura minuta, small writing.
The secretary read the minutes from the last meeting.

The adjective minute, pronounced /mʌɪˈnjuːt/, means extremely small. Just like the noun, it comes from Latin minutus, made small.
With such a high resolution, minute details could be studied in the image.