min Accepted alongside SI
Measures: Time — how long something takes
Minute
Sixty seconds — not SI, but too useful to retire.
TimeHow it's defined
Defined as exactly 60 seconds. The 60 comes from Babylonian base-60 counting, four thousand years old and still on every clock face.
1 min = 60 s — exact
Convert — honestly
min equals
60 s
Second · factor exact — the base unit itself
0.0166666667 h
Hour · factor exact — exact by definition
0.000694444444 d
Day · factor exact — exact by definition
Conversions run through the second using the stated factors — no rounding beyond display precision, and every factor says whether it's exact or measured.
Where you meet it
- Icii — session lengths and check-in windows ↗ open icii
- Every timer, recipe, and meeting invite
Source
This page is an authored summary of the authoritative definition — checkable one click away.
BIPM — The International System of Units (SI Brochure, 9th ed.)