minor /mīˈnər/

1. Lesser
2. Inferior in importance, degree, bulk, etc
3. Inconsiderable
4. Lower
5. Smaller (than major) by a semitone (music)
6. In boys' schools, junior (placed after a surname)
7. (of change-ringing) using six bells
8. (with cap) Minorite

1. A person under the legal age of majority
2. The minor term, or minor premise (logic)
3. (with cap) a Minorite or Minoress
4. Anything that is minor opposed to major
5. A subsidiary subject studied at college or university (N American)
6. A student of such a subject
7. (in pl) the minor leagues in baseball, etc (N American)

To study as a minor, subsidiary subject at college or university

minoritaire /mē-nor-ē-ter/ noun (French)

A member of a minority section of a political (esp Socialist) party

Mīˈnorite adjective

Relating to or designating a Franciscan order observing the strict rule of St Francis

A member of such an order (also fem Mīˈnoress)

minority /min- or mīn-orˈi-ti/ noun

1. The condition or fact of being little or less
2. The state or time of being under age (also mīˈnorship)
3. The smaller number
4. Less than half
5. The party, social group, section of the population, etc of smaller numbers
6. The number by which it falls short of the other party, opp to majority

Of the minority

minor axis noun

(in conics) that perpendicular to the major axis

minor canon see under canon²

minority carrier noun (electronics)

In a semiconductor, the type of carrier electrons or holes which carries the lesser degree of measured current

minority group noun

A section of the population with a common interest, characteristic, etc which is not common to most people

minority report noun

A report issued by a minority group of committee members to state their official position when they disagree with the majority

minor key, minor mode or minor scale noun

A key, mode or scale with its third a minor third above the tonic

minor orders plural noun

The lower degrees of holy orders, ie porter, exorcist, lector and acolyte

minor piece noun (chess)

A bishop or knight

minor planet noun

An asteroid

minor poet noun

A genuine but not great poet

minor premise noun (logic)

That in which the minor term occurs

minor prophets plural noun

The twelve from Hosea to Malachi in the Old Testament

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