lesser, as in size, extent, or importance, or being or noting the lesser of two: a minor share.
2.
not serious, important, etc.: a minor wound; a minor role.
3.
having low rank, status, position, etc.: a minor official.
4.
under the legal age of full responsibility.
5.
Education. of or pertaining to a field of study constituting a student's minor.
6.
Music.
a.
(of an interval) smaller by a chromatic half step than the corresponding major interval.
b.
(of a chord) having a minor third between the root and the note next above it.
7.
of or pertaining to the minority.
8.
(initial capital letter) (of two male students in an English public school who have the same surname) being the younger or lower in standing: Jackson Minor sits over here.
–noun
9.
a person under the legal age of full responsibility.
10.
a person of inferior rank or importance in a specified group, class, etc.
11.
Education.
a.
a subject or a course of study pursued by a student, esp. a candidate for a degree, subordinately or supplementarily to a major or principal subject or course.
b.
a subject for which less credit than a major is granted in college or, occasionally, in high school.
12.
Music. a minor interval, chord, scale, etc.
13.
Mathematics. the determinant of the matrix formed by crossing out the row and column containing a given element in a matrix.
1212, from L. minor "lesser, smaller, junior," formed as a masc./fem. of minus on the mistaken assumption that minus was a neut. comparative (see minus), from PIE base *min- "small" (cf. L. minuere, Gk. minythein, O.E. minsian "to diminish," Skt. miyate "diminishes, declines," Rus. men'she "less"). Some Eng. usages are via O.Fr. menor, from L. minor. Meaning "under-age" (adj.) is from 1579; the noun meaning "under-aged person" is from 1612. The musical sense is from 1694. In U.S. colleges and universities, "subject of study with fewer credits than a major," it is attested from 1890. In the baseball sense, minor league is from 1884; the figurative extension is first recorded 1926.
of lesser importance or stature or rank; "a minor poet"; "had a minor part in the play"; "a minor official"; "many of these hardy adventurers were minor noblemen"; "minor back roads" [ant: major]
2.
lesser in scope or effect; "had minor differences"; "a minor disturbance" [ant: major]
3.
inferior in number or size or amount; "a minor share of the profits"; "Ursa Minor" [ant: major]
4.
of a scale or mode; "the minor keys"; "in B flat minor" [ant: major]
less, or little, in importance, size etc Example: Always halt when driving from a minor road on to a major road; She has to go into hospital for a minor operation.
Arabic:
أقَل
Chinese (Simplified):
较小的
Chinese (Traditional):
較小的
Czech:
menší, vedlejší
Danish:
mindre
Dutch:
klein
Estonian:
väiksem
Finnish:
pikku-, vähäinen
French:
secondaire, mineur, petit
German:
kleiner
Greek:
μικρός, ασήμαντος, δευτερεύων
Hungarian:
kisebb
Icelandic:
smávægilegur
Indonesian:
kecil
Italian:
minore, secondario
Japanese:
(より) 小さい
Korean:
적은, 작은, 대수롭지 않은, 미성년의
Latvian:
mazāks; mazsvarīgāks
Lithuanian:
nedidelis, šalutinis
Norwegian:
mindre (betydelig), underordnet
Polish:
(po)mniejszy, niewielki, drobny
Portuguese (Brazil):
menor, sem importância
Portuguese (Portugal):
pouco importante
Romanian:
minor, secundar, neimportant
Russian:
незначительный; второстепенный
Slovak:
menší, vedľajší
Slovenian:
manj pomemben
Spanish:
menor
Swedish:
mindre
Turkish:
küçük, ufak, önemsiz
minor2[ˈmainə]adjective
(American) a secondary subject that a student chooses to study at university or college Example: Her major is in physics, but she has a minor in computer science.
Arabic:
مَوْضوع ثانوي في الدراسَة الجامِعِيَّه
Chinese (Simplified):
副修科目
Chinese (Traditional):
副修科目
Czech:
vedlejší obor
Danish:
bifag
Estonian:
kõrvalaine, lisaeriala
Indonesian:
mata pelajaran tambahan
Italian:
(materia secondaria studiata all'università)
Latvian:
otršķirīgs studiju priekšmets
Lithuanian:
ðalutinis specializacijos dalykas
Norwegian:
støttefag; studieretningsfag
Russian:
непрофилирующий предмет
Slovak:
vedľajší odbor vysokoškolského štúdia
Spanish:
secundario
Turkish:
ikinci branş
minor[ˈmainə]verb
(American) to study something as a minor subject Example: He is minoring in French.
Arabic:
يدرُس كموضوع ثانوي
Chinese (Simplified):
辅修
Chinese (Traditional):
輔修
Czech:
studovat vedlejší obor
Danish:
tage bifagseksamen
Estonian:
kõrvalainena õppima, lisaeriala õppima
Greek:
παρακολουθώ επιλεγόμενο (δευτερεύον) μάθημα
Hungarian:
melléktantárgyként felvesz
Indonesian:
mempelajari sesuatu sebagai mata pelajaran tambahan
Minor Hill, TN (city, FIPS 49360) Location: 35.03838 N, 87.17112 W Population (1990): 372 (179 housing units) Area: 4.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 38473
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Mince\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Minced; p. pr. & vb. n. Minging.] [AS. minsian to grow less, dwindle, fr. min small; akin to G. minder less, Goth. minniza less, mins less, adv., L. minor, adj. (cf. Minor); or more likely fr. F. mincer to mince, prob. from (assumed) LL. minutiare. ????. See Minish.]1. To cut into very small pieces; to chop fine; to hash; as, to mince meat. --Bacon. 2. To suppress or weaken the force of; to extenuate; to palliate; to tell by degrees, instead of directly and frankly; to clip, as words or expressions; to utter half and keep back half of. I know no ways to mince it in love, but directly to say -- "I love you." --Shak. Siren, now mince the sin, And mollify damnation with a phrase. --Dryden. If, to mince his meaning, I had either omitted some part of what he said, or taken from the strength of his expression, I certainly had wronged him. --Dryden. 3. To affect; to make a parade of. [R.] --Shak.
Min"im\, n. [F. minime, L. minimus the least, smallest, a superl. of minor: cf. It. minima a note in music. See Minor, and cf. Minimum.]1. Anything very minute; as, the minims of existence; -- applied to animalcula; and the like. 2. The smallest liquid measure, equal to about one drop; the sixtieth part of a fluid drachm. 3. (Zo["o]l.) A small fish; a minnow. [Prov. Eng.] 4. A little man or being; a dwarf. [Obs.] --Milton. 5. (Eccl. Hist.) One of an austere order of mendicant hermits of friars founded in the 15th century by St. Francis of Paola. 6. (Mus.) A time note, formerly the shortest in use; a half note, equal to half a semibreve, or two quarter notes or crotchets. 7. A short poetical encomium. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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