10mn

10mn is an informal abbreviation used to denote a duration of ten minutes. The symbol “mn” stands for minute and is common in several languages, notably French, where materials such as schedules, recipes, and broadcast notes may use “10 mn.” In more formal or English contexts, the standard abbreviation is “10 min.”

Ten minutes equals 600 seconds and 1/6 of an hour. In decimal terms, 10 minutes is 0.1667 hours. It also converts to 600,000 milliseconds or 600,000,000 microseconds.

Common usage includes planning and timing in daily life, sports intervals, cooking timers, and media segments. In programming, timing data is often stored in seconds or milliseconds, but human-facing texts may still reference minutes for readability.

Ambiguity can arise when the notation lacks spacing or capitalization, since “10 mn” could be confused with other measurements in different contexts (for example, mN for millinewtons). To avoid confusion in formal writing, it is better to use “10 min” or “ten minutes.”

Origin and context-wise, minute is a conventional time unit derived from the second; the SI unit for time remains the second. Minutes are widely used in schedules, clocks, and everyday timing, with “10 minutes” serving as a common interval in a variety of activities. See also: minute, hour, time.