minute hand

[ min-it ]

/ ˈmɪn ɪt /

the hand that indicates the minutes on a clock or watch, usually longer than the hour hand.

Origin of minute hand

First recorded in 1720–30

The minute-hand shifted, moved to the twelfth dot and the clock struck again.

813 |Maurice Leblanc
As the minute-hand neared the hour of nine Dempsey became uneasy.

Tom Grogan |F. Hopkinson Smith
Slowly the minute-hand crept round to the half-hour, and the men slipped back into their steel home.

Life in a Tank |Richard Haigh
But the emissary from Tadmor, warned by the minute-hand on the watch, recalled his attention to passing events.

The Fallen Leaves |Wilkie Collins

The movement of the minute-hand on the clock-face became uncanny and merciless to her eye in its deliberate regularity.

The Last Shot |Frederick Palmer

minute hand

/ (ˈmɪnɪt) /

the pointer on a timepiece that indicates minutes, typically the longer hand of two Compare hour hand, second hand