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Definition: Minor |
MinorAdjective1. 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". 2. Lesser in scope or effect; "had minor differences"; "a minor disturbance". 3. Inferior in number or size or amount; "a minor share of the profits"; "Ursa Minor". 4. (music) of a scale or mode; "the minor keys"; "in B flat minor". 5. (law) not of legal age; "minor children". 6. Of lesser seriousness or danger; "suffered only minor injuries"; "some minor flooding"; "a minor tropical disturbance". 7. Of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization. 8. (British) of the younger of two boys with the same family name; "Jones minor". 9. (theology) warranting only temporal punishment; "venial sin". 10. : limited in size or scope; "a small business"; "a newspaper with a modest circulation"; "small-scale plans"; "a pocket-size country". Noun1. A young person of either sex (between birth and puberty); "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngsters". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "minor" was first used: 1212. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Satire | MINOR, adj. Less objectionable. Source: Devil's Dictionary. |
Education | In psychology. Source: European Union. (references) |
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The term minor (from Latin "smaller, lesser") has several meanings:
- Minor is a legal term for a young person, see Minor (law)
- In mathematics:
- a minor of a square matrix is the determinant of a certain smaller matrix, see Minor (linear algebra)
- a minor of a graph is a certain smaller graph, see Minor (graph theory)
- Minor is a scale in music, see Minor scale
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In graph theory, a graph H is called a minor of the graph G if H is isomorphic to a graph that results from a subgraph of G by zero or more edge contractions. Here, "contracting an edge" means removing the edge and identifying its two endpoints, keeping all other edges.For example, the graph
* | *--*--* | *is a minor of
* /| *-*--*-*-* |/ *(the outer edges are removed, the long middle edge is contracted).
The relation "being a minor of" is a partial order on the isomorphism classes of graphs.
Many classes of graphs can be characterized by "forbidden minors": a graph belongs to the class if and only if it does not have a minor from a certain specified list. The best-known example is Kuratowski's theorem for the characterization of planar graphs. The general situation is described by the Robertson-Seymour theorem.
Another deep result by Robertson-Seymor states that if any infinite list G1, G2,... of finite graphs is given, then there always exists two indices i < j such that Gi is a minor of Gj.
In linear algebra, there is a different unrelated meaning of the word minor. See minor (linear algebra).
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In law, a person who is not yet a legal adult is known as a minor (known in some places as an infant or juvenile). For example, in many countries a person under the age of 18 is a minor. Most countries give additional legal protection to minors, and all countries except the United States and Somalia have ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.Examples of such protections include statutory rape laws, prohibitions against the use of alcohol/cigarettes, school attendance requirements, the need for adult co-signers on legal documents (e.g. contracts), driver's license requirements, separate punishment and trial (e.g. juvenile courts), child labor laws, and various other protections against exploitation and abuse.
At the same time as providing special protection, the law also denies juveniles some rights that are available to adults, such as the right to vote.
Some jurisdictions allow juvenile emancipation, where a minor who can prove that they are competent may take on some rights that are normally reserved for legal adults.
Not all such minor restrictions are necessarily tied to the same transitional age, but the transition from minor to adult is typically defined by the age at which one may independantly enter into contracts. In the 20th century most countries have allowed all these transitions to occur by the age of 18, but some countries allow some adult rights at the age of 16, and others delay them until the age of 21.
See also:
- age of consent
- age of majority
- marriageable age
- voting age
- age of criminal responsibility
- child soldier
- child pornography
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In linear algebra, a minor of a matrix is the determinant of a certain smaller matrix. Suppose A is an m×n matrix and k is a positive integer not larger than m and n. A k×k minor of A is the determinant of a k×k matrix obtained from A by deleting m-k rows and n-k columns.Since there are C(m,k) choices of k rows out of m, and there are C(n,k) choices of k columns out of n, there are a total of C(m,k)C(n,k) minors of size k×k.
Especially important are the (n-1)×(n-1) minors of an n×n square matrix - these are often denoted Mij, and are derived by removing the ith row and the jth column.
The cofactors of a square matrix A are closely related to the minors of A: the cofactor Cij of A is defined as (-1)i+j times the minor Mij of A.
For example, given the matrix
and suppose we wish to find the cofactor C23. We consider the matrix with row 2 and column 3 removed (note the following is not standard notation!):
This gives:
The cofactors feature prominently in Laplace's formula for the expansion of determinants. If all the cofactors of a square matrix A are collected to form a new matrix of the same size, one obtains the adjugate of A, which is useful in calculating the inverse of small matrices.
Given an m×n matrix with real entries (or entries from any other field) and rank r, then there exists at least one non-zero r×r minor, while all larger minors are zero.
We will use the following notation for minors: if A is an m×n matrix, I is a subset of {1,...,m} with k elements and J is a subset of {1,...,n} with k elements, then we write [A]I,J for the k×k minor of A that corresponds to the rows with index in I and the columns with index in J.
Both the formula for ordinary matrix multiplication and the Cauchy-Binet formula for the determinant of the product of two matrices are special cases of the following general statement about the minors of a product of two matrices. Suppose that A is an m×n matrix, B is an n×p matrix, I is a subset of {1,...,m} with k elements and J is a subset of {1,...,p} with k elements. Then
where the sum extends over all subsets K of {1,...,n} with k elements. This formula is a straight-forward corollary of the Cauchy-Binet formula.
A more systematic, algebraic treatment of the minor concept is given in multilinear algebra, using the wedge product. If the columns of a matrix are wedged together k at a time, the kxk minors appear as the components of the resulting k-vectors.
In graph theory, the term minor has a different, unrelated meaning. See minor (graph theory).
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A minor scale in musical theory can be viewed as the sixth mode of the major scale.
Minor scales are sometimes said to have a more interesting, possibly sadder sound than plain major scales.
Constructing and recognising minor scales
Finding key signatures
Like major scales, minors are named after their tonic (first) note. However unlike majors, minor scales do not have their own set of key signatures. Instead it is necessary to use the key signature of a minor's relative major scale. The relative major is found by raising the minor tonic note by 3 semitones(an interval of a minor third); for example the relative major of E minor is G major. We know that the key signature of G major has one sharp (see major scales for how to find this,) therefore E minor also has one sharp in its key signature.
This table illustrates the relative major key signatures for minor scales.
Key Sig. Major Scale Minor Scale 0# - C major - A minor 1# - G major - E minor 2# - D major - B minor 3# - A major - F# minor 4# - E major - C# minor 5# - B major - G# minor 6#/6b - F#/Gb major - D#/Eb minor 5b - Db major - Bb minor 4b - Ab major - F minor 3b - Eb major - C minor 2b - Bb major - G minor 1b - F major - D minor
Types of minor scales
Descending melodic minor scales
Scales produced from just the key signature of the relative major are sometimes called natural minors. The simplest natural minor scale is A natural minor:
A B C D E F G A'This variant is sometimes referred to as the descending melodic minor scale as it is often used in descent from the tonic.
Ascending melodic minor scales
The ascending melodic minor scale is constructed by sharpening the 6th and 7th scale degrees of the minor scale (or, equivalently, flatting the third degree of the major scale). This variation is used primarily for ascending lines, since it has strong motion towards the tonic.
For example, in the key of A minor, the ascending melodic minor scale is:
A B C D E F# G# A'
Harmonic minor scales
Harmonic minors are constructed by sharpening the 7th degree of the minor scale.
For example, in the key of A minor, the harmonic minor scale is:
A B C D E F G# A'This scale is used in constructing harmony as it contains the major dominant chord and the minor subdominant chord.
- See also: musical mode
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Minor is a town located in Jefferson County, Alabama. As of the 2000 census, the population of the town is 1,116.Geography
Minor is located at 33°32'23" North, 86°56'24" West (33.539656, -86.940000)1. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.8 km² (0.7 mi²). 1.8 km² (0.7 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.Demographics
As of the census2 of 2000, there are 1,116 people, 456 households, and 340 families residing in the town. The population density is 624.5/km² (1,607.3/mi²). There are 471 housing units at an average density of 263.6/km² (678.3/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 97.67% White, 0.90% Black or African American, 0.72% Native American, 0.09% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 0.63% from two or more races. 0.36% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 456 households out of which 26.1% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 65.1% are married couples living together, 7.9% have a female householder with no husband present, and 25.4% are non-families. 23.0% of all households are made up of individuals and 13.6% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.45 and the average family size is 2.87. In the town the population is spread out with 20.7% under the age of 18, 9.3% from 18 to 24, 26.2% from 25 to 44, 21.4% from 45 to 64, and 22.4% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 40 years. For every 100 females there are 92.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 91.1 males. The median income for a household in the town is $33,710, and the median income for a family is $38,250. Males have a median income of $28,295 versus $24,042 for females. The per capita income for the town is $14,690. 1.6% of the population and 2.0% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 0.0% are under the age of 18 and 8.2% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Minor, Alabama."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| MiHA | English | Minor histocompatibility antigen | N/A |
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Synonyms: MinorSynonyms: minor(ip) (adj), modest (adj), nonaged (adj), pocket-size (adj), pocket-sized (adj), small (adj), small-scale (adj), underage (adj), venial (adj), child (n), fry (n), kid (n), nestling (n), nipper (n), shaver (n), small fry (n), tiddler (n), tike (n), tyke (n), youngster (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: major (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Amusement | Spades, hearts, clubs, diamonds; major suit, minor suit. |
Clergy | Cenobite, conventual, abbot, prior, monk, friar, lay brother, beadsman, mendicant, pilgrim, palmer; canon regular, canon secular; Franciscan, Friars minor, Minorites; Observant, Capuchin, Dominican, Carmelite; Augustinian; Gilbertine; Austin Friars, Black Friars, White Friars, Gray Friars, Crossed Friars, Crutched Friars; Bonhomme, Carthusian, Benedictine, Cistercian, Trappist, Cluniac, Premonstatensian, Maturine; Templar, Hospitaler; Bernardine, Lorettine, pillarist, stylite. |
Infant | Child, bairn, little one, brat, chit, pickaninny, urchin; bantling, bratling; elf. youth, boy, lad, stripling, youngster, youngun, younker, callant, whipster, whippersnapper, whiffet, schoolboy, hobbledehoy, hopeful, cadet, minor, master. scion; sap, seedling; tendril, olive branch, nestling, chicken, larva, chrysalis, tadpole, whelp, cub, pullet, fry, callow; codlin,codling; foetus, calf, colt, pup, foal, kitten; lamb, lambkin; aurelia, caterpillar, cocoon, nymph, nympha, orphan, pupa, staddle. |
Inferiority | Adjective: inferior, smaller; small; minor, less, lesser, deficient, minus, lower, subordinate, secondary; secondrate; (imperfect); sub, subaltern; thrown into the shade; weighed in the balance and found wanting; not fit to hold a candle to, can't hold a candle to. |
Judeo-Christian Revelation | Old Testament, Septuagint, Vulgate, Pentateuch; Octateuch; the Law, the Jewish Law, the Prophets; major Prophets, minor Prophets; Hagiographa, Hagiology; Hierographa; Apocrypha. |
Money | Paper money, greenback; major denomination, minor denomination; money order, postal money order, Post Office order; bank note; bond; bill, bill of exchange; order, warrant, coupon, debenture, exchequer bill, assignat; blueback, hundi, shinplaster. |
Major coin, crown; minor coin. | |
Preparation | Phrase: a bove majori discit arare minor; "looking before and after ", si vis pacem para bellum. |
Teaching | Phrase: the schoolmaster abroad; a bovi majori disscit arare minor; adeo in teneris consuecere multum est; docendo discimus; quaenocent docent; qui docet discit; "sermons in stones and good in everything". |
Unimportance | Minutiae, details, minor details, small fry; dust in the balance, feather in the scale, drop in the ocean, flea-bite, molehill. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Minor |
| English words defined with "minor": Minor mode, minor premise, minor premiss, minor scale. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "minor": Friars Minor ♦ MINOR CLERGY, Minor crops, minor detail, Minor Histocompatibility Antigens, Minor Histocompatibility Loci, Minor Lymphocyte Stimulatory Antigens, Minor Lymphocyte Stimulatory Loci, minor parameters. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "minor": Tapper. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Minor" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Albanian (minor), German (minor), Hungarian (minor), Latin (act menacingly, age, cheap, descendants, drive, force, give indication of, grade, impel, least, less, lesser, little, make threatening movement, minor, push, slighter, small, smaller, smallest, speak, subordinate, those inferior in rank, threaten, unimportant), Romanian (infant, insignificant, lesser, minor). |
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Screenplays | It wasn't a big deal, just a minor betrayal (Trainspotting; writing credit: John Hodge. Based on the novel by Irvine Welsh.) I'd like to quit thinking of the present, like right now, as some minor, insignificant preamble to somethin' else (Dazed and Confused; writing credit: Richard Linklater) You can't call breast implants a minor misunderstanding (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) Well, you put up with a few minor inconveniences when you live in a condemned building (Taxi; writing credit: Grahame Bond; Jim Burnett) No, no. It was a minor poet, called Byron ('Breaker' Morant; writing credit: Kenneth Ross; Jonathan Hardy) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Erica Minor (1974) Concert in re minor (1970) No Minor Vices (1948) The Major and the Minor (1942) Concerto in B Flat Minor (1942) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | The last known person in the world to have smallpox of any kind. Variola minor in 23-year-old Ali Maow Maalin, Merka, Somalia. Credit: CDC. |  | Normally occurring in the nasal passages, at times, staphylococci can get into the body and cause an infection, which can be minor such as pimples, boils, and other skin conditions, or serious and sometimes fatal such as blood infections or pneumonia. Credit: CDC. |
 | A minor dispute among sea lions. Credit: NOAA's Ark (Animals). |  | A male frigate bird, Frigata minor. Credit: NOAA's Ark (Animals). |
 | Pl. LXXVII. 269. Anarrhichas lupus, Linnaeus. Collected on Georges Bank. 270. Anarrhichas minor, Olafsen. At N. Lat. 42.45, W. Lon. 64.3. 271. Anarrhichas latifrons, Steenstrup and Hallgrimsson. Collected at N. Lat. 43.9, W. Lon. 59.1. Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection. |  | Plate 68. The Common Catfish or Wolf-Fish. Annharicus lupus, L. The Spotted Catfish. Annharicas minor, Olafsen. Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection. |
 | Figure 22. Chemical elements that are dissolved in sea water. Major elements are sodium, magnesium, calcium, potassium, silicon, carbon, sulfur, oxygen, chlorine, bromine, and iodine. Minor elements are titanium, nitrogen, phosphorus , arsenic, boron, rubidium, cesium, lithium, strontium, barium, zinc, copper, silver, gold, aluminum, lead, manganese, iron, cobalt, and nickel. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | "Urogallus minor". Credit: USDA. |
 | African American farmer, Donnell Crosby discusses watermellon virus with County Agent James Minor in Jones County, MS. Credit: USDA. |  | Dalles Sideband (Monadenia fidelis minor). Credit: J.L. Furnish. |
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| "Smoky Temple" by Tim Gilmour Commentary: "Smoky interior shot of a minor shrine in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia." | "Danger pier" by Jim Robinson Commentary: "Remnants of the 59th fishing pier street pier in Ocean City, NJ. <br> <br>I converted it to b/w with minor contrast/brightness adjustments. ** if you download, please leave a comment, I would love to know what I'm doing right or wrong. I'm n" |
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| Play | Caption | Play | Caption |
 | A minor etude very characteristic of Chopin. | | A mid-sized pipe organ playing in a minor key area. |
| A composition beginning in a minor mode which moves to a major mode without resolution. | | A slow minor piece for guitar played in a rubato manner. |
| Piano and saxophone unison minor melody in a jazz shuttle style. | | A bamboo flute playing a slow minor melody very rubato. |
| Soprano saxophone soloing in a minor 3/4 piece. | | Minor key tune very typical of a piece by Sade. |
| A chromatically moving minor piano sonata. | | Ostinato bass with a ride cymbal percussion for a short minor blues piano solo. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Alexander Pope | When the brisk minor pants for twenty-one. |
Alexander Solzhenitsyn | For a country to have a great writer is like having another government. That's why no rTgime has ever loved great writers, only minor ones. |
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe | A clever man commits no minor blunders. |
Katharine Hepburn | The most minor gifts and not a very high class way to earn a living. After all, Shirley Temple could do it at the age of four. |
Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree | People are too apt to treat God as if he were a minor royalty. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Magna Carta | 1215 | The guardian of the land of an heir who is thus under age, shall take from the land of the heir nothing but reasonable produce, reasonable customs, and reasonable services, and that without destruction or waste of men or goods; and if we have committed the wardship of the lands of any such minor to the sheriff, or to any other who is responsible to us for its issues, and he has made destruction or waster of what he holds in wardship, we will take of him amends, and the land shall be committed to two lawful and discreet men of that fee, who shall be responsible for the issues to us or to him to whom we shall assign them; and if we have given or sold the wardship of any such land to anyone and he has therein made destruction or waste, he shall lose that wardship, and it shall be transferred to two lawful and discreet men of that fief, who shall be responsible to us in like manner as aforesaid. (reference) |
John Locke | 1690 | The subjection of a minor places in the father a temporary government, which terminates with the minority of the child: and the honour due from a child, places in the parents a perpetual right to respect, reverence, support and compliance too, more or less, as the father's care, cost, and kindness in his education, has been more or less. (Second Treatise of Government) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | The legal representative of a minor may exercise, on behalf of that minor, the right to claim French nationality; and if that right has not been exercised, the minor may claim French nationality within the year following his majority. (reference) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Last Chance To See | Douglas Adams | At about one-thirty they eventually realise their mistake and shut up, just as the major dogfights of the evening are getting under way. These usually start with a few minor bouts between the more enthusiastic youngsters, and then the full chorus of heavyweights weighs in with a fine impression of what it might be like to fall into the pit of hell with the London Symphony Orchestra |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | He came by way of the Rue du Cygne, and he had nimbly clambered over the minor barricade, which fronted upon the labyrinth of the Petite Truanderie |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | A minor degree of jaundice is common in many newborns. (references) | |
Even changes that seem minor could affect your treatment. (references) | ||
The cornea copes very well with minor injuries or abrasions. (references) | ||
Business | Hydropower and nuclear related imports were a very minor portion of the total. (references) | |
At this point, Canada and Taiwan are minor players in this market, but their share can increase. (references) | ||
There is no local manufacturing but there is minor assembly of computer equipment in Saudi Arabia. (references) | ||
Children | Chad | The law considers any citizen under the age of 18 years as a minor. (references) |
Netherlands | International sex tourism involving the abuse of minor children is prosecutable. (references) | |
Costa Rica | An adult who pays for sex with a minor can be sentenced to 2 to 10 years in prison. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Ecuador | Military and minor applicants must comply with special requirements. (references) |
Austria | The care of unaccompanied minor asylum seekers also has been inadequate. (references) | |
Kuwait | All minor children must have their father's permission to travel outside of the country. (references) | |
Economic History | Armenia | There is a minor livestock sector. (references) |
Tanzania | Its minor ports are Lindi, Mafia and Kilwa. (references) | |
India | The budget was passed by Parliament with minor changes. (references) | |
Human Rights | South Africa | There were minor injuries reported. (references) |
Trinidad and Tobago | Minor offenses are tried before the magistrate. (references) | |
Guatemala | Minor children are held in separate detention facilities. (references) | |
Minorities | Moldova | In April and July, small bombs were thrown into a synagogue in Transnistria, causing minor damage. (references) |
Russia | On September 22, a group of teenagers attacked two Mormon missionaries in Krasnodar; both victims required stitches and one required minor surgery on his scalp. (references) | |
Georgia | On March 24, a mob of Basilists attacked eight visiting foreign Assembly of God members; the Basilists stole their camera equipment and inflicted minor injuries. (references) | |
Political Economy | Korea | Six seats were held by independents and members of minor parties. (references) |
BRAZIL | Products can get "caught up" in customs because of minor errors in paperwork. (references) | |
CHILE | Many smaller enterprises underreport income, but tax evasion is a minor problem. (references) | |
Political Rights | Guinea | Women also play a minor role in the leadership of the major political parties. (references) |
Kyrgyz Republic | Voting was conducted in a generally orderly manner, although there were minor technical and organizational failures. (references) | |
Mozambique | Despite some minor technical difficulties, including long lines and missing equipment, the registration process ran smoothly. (references) | |
Trade | Uae | Food products face relatively minor trade barriers. (references) |
Luxembourg | With only minor exceptions, there are no general labeling requirements for Luxembourg imports. (references) | |
Greece | In addition to import duties, imports are subject to other minor surcharges totaling less than 1 percent. (references) | |
Travel | Saudi Arabia | Most Western expatriates find it adequate for routine care and minor surgery. (references) |
Slovak Rep | Even relatively minor decisions may require the approval of a high level official. (references) | |
Sri Lanka | Except for minor injuries in the October 1997 truck bombing, no U.S. citizens were killed or wounded in these incidents. (references) | |
Women | Lebanon | Citizen widows may confer citizenship on their minor children. (references) |
Lebanon | The minimum sentence for a person convicted of raping a minor is 7 years. (references) | |
Spain | Women outnumber men in the legal, journalism, and health care professions but still play minor roles in many other fields. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Bolivia | Heavier sentences are imposed if the victim is a minor. (references) |
Indonesia | In one survey, 84 percent of the children suffered from minor infections. (references) | |
India | If the victim is a minor (16 to 18 years), the punishment is from 7 to 14 years. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | ELEGY, n. A composition in verse, in which, without employing any of the methods of humor, the writer aims to produce in the reader's mind the dampest kind of dejection. The most famous English example begins somewhat like this: The cur foretells the knell of parting day; The loafing herd winds slowly o'er the lea; The wise man homeward plods; I only stay To fiddle-faddle in a minor key. |
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Cary Goldstein | I believe so. Robert Blake is a wealthy individual. He's a celebrity, although maybe at this point one might consider him a minor celebrity. And we've seen that celebrities and wealthy people in this country have been getting away with murder. |
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| "Minor" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 93.22% of the time. "Minor" is used about 4,585 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 93.22% | 4,274 | 2,301 |
| Noun (proper) | 5.45% | 250 | 18,796 |
| Noun (singular) | 1.33% | 61 | 43,149 |
| Total | 100.00% | 4,585 | N/A |
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| The following table summarizes the usage of "minor" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Minor | Last name | 12,000 | 1,014 |
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| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Thailand | Minor Corporation Public Company Limited | USA | Owens & Minor, Incorporated |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Minor, AL (CDP, FIPS 49072) |
Expressions using "minor": a bovi majori disscit arare minor ♦ a minor ♦ a minor third ♦ annulus iridis minor ♦ asia minor ♦ B minor ♦ Briza minor ♦ canis minor ♦ Chordeiles minor ♦ circulus arteriosus iridis minor ♦ D minor ♦ Dendrocopus minor ♦ Dryobates minor ♦ epilepsia minor ♦ f minor ♦ Friars Minor ♦ g minor ♦ iridic minor ring ♦ Lemna minor ♦ Leo Minor ♦ minor axes ♦ minor axis ♦ minor beam ♦ minor camera couli ♦ minor canon ♦ minor character ♦ minor coin ♦ minor control ♦ minor detail ♦ minor diatonic scale ♦ minor expense ♦ minor flank ♦ minor head ♦ Minor Hill ♦ Minor Histocompatibility Antigens ♦ Minor Histocompatibility Loci ♦ minor importance ♦ minor in ♦ minor incident ♦ minor key ♦ Minor Lane Heights ♦ minor league ♦ minor leaguer ♦ minor lobe ♦ minor loop ♦ Minor Lymphocyte Stimulatory Antigens ♦ Minor Lymphocyte Stimulatory Loci ♦ minor media ♦ minor mode ♦ minor offence ♦ minor offense ♦ minor orders ♦ minor parameters ♦ minor planet ♦ minor planets ♦ minor poets ♦ minor port ♦ minor premise ♦ minor premiss ♦ minor repairs ♦ minor role ♦ minor scale ♦ minor suit ♦ minor surgery ♦ minor term ♦ minor term of a syllogism ♦ minor third ♦ minor tranquilizer ♦ minor tranquillizer ♦ minor transgression ♦ minor ursa ♦ minor vascular circle ♦ minor work ♦ musculus pectoralis minor ♦ musculus rhomboideus minor ♦ musculus teres minor ♦ of minor interest ♦ Owens & Minor Inc. ♦ P minor ♦ Paradisea minor ♦ pectoralis minor ♦ Phacelia minor ♦ Philohela minor ♦ picus minor ♦ play minor parts ♦ pyrola minor ♦ rhomboid minor muscle ♦ Sarracenia minor ♦ teres minor ♦ teres minor muscle ♦ the minor jones ♦ the minor prophets ♦ unaccompanied minor ♦ ursa minor ♦ Variola minor ♦ variola minor virus ♦ vinca minor. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "minor": Minor-c, minor-category, minor-e, Minor-f, minor-g, minor-key, minor-league, minor-league club, minor-league team, minor-legend, minor-ninth, minor-party, minor-public-school, minor-quantity. | |
Ending with "minor": major-minor. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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| Language | Translations for "minor"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | Klein-Asiл (Asia Minor), Klein-Asië (Asia Minor), Anatolië (Anatolia, Asia Minor). (various references) | |
Albanian | minor, më i vogël (less, lesser, minimal), më i pakët (less, lesser), në moshë jomadhore, i trishtuar (blue, cheerless, comfortless, dark, disappointed, disappointing, doleful, down, dreary, elegiac, funereal, gloomy, grievous, joyless, lugubrious, melancholy, mirthless, miserable, mopish, mournful, pensive, rueful, sad, tristful, unhappy, vapoury, wailful, wan, wistful, woebegone, woeful, woesome), i parëndësishëm (dispensable, exiguous, immaterial, inconsequential, indifferent, inessential, insignificant, light, minute, negligible, nugatory, one horse, paltry, petty, piddling, puny, small, small time, tenuous, tin, trivial, unessential, unimportant), i mitur (infant, underage, ward). (various references) | |
Arabic | موضوع ثانوي (side issue), قاصر (child, infant, small, underage), غير هام (immaterial, inconsequential, lightweight, one horse, unimportant), غير خطير (trivial mistake), القاصر (pupil), ثانوي (bye, inferior, insignificant, marginal, petty, secondary, side, sub, unimportant). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | францискански (franciscan), францисканец (franciscan, gray friar, grey friar, minorite), тъжен (bleak, cheerless, desolate, disconsolate, dismal, distressed, doleful, dull, dusky, elegiac, gloomy, heavy, joyless, lonesome, lugubrious, melancholy, mirthless, mournful, pensive, plaintive, sad, sick, sickly, sorrowful, tristful, wan, wistful, woebegone, woeful), третият член, второстепенен (accessary, accessory, accidental, by, bye, collateral, inessential, lesser, off, second, secondary, side, subordinate, tributary, two bit), незначителен (cheap, dinky, fiddling, fractional, frivolous, immaterial, imperceptible, inappreciable, inconsiderable, inessential, inglorious, insignificant, least, little, mean, minute, negligible, niggling, nominal, noteless, nugatory, obscure, one horse, outside, paltry, peddling, pettifogging, petty, picayune, piddling, piffling, pimping, pokey, poky, poor, potty, puerile, pygmy, rabbity, scrubby, slight, small, small time, subfusc, tenuous, third class, tiddly, trifling, trivial, two-by-four, twopenny-halfpenny, unconsidered, unimportant), непълнолетен (infant, juvenile, under age), маловажен (footling, futile, immaterial, inconsequent, inconsequential, inconsiderable, insignificant, last, light, nugatory, peddling, pettifogging, petty, puerile, side, small time, trifling, two-by-four, unimportant), младши (inferior, junior, puisne), миньорна гама, миньорен, минорит (minorite), по-малък (less, lesser, under), по-маловажен, дребен (dinky, dwarf, finical, finicking, finicky, insignificant, little, niggling, paltry, peddling, petty, picayune, piddling, pimping, pokey, poky, poor, potty, puerile, puny, pygmy, rabbity, sawed-off, shabby, short, small, small time, small-scale, trifling, trivial, undersized, unimportant, venial). (various references) | |
Chinese | 较小, 未成年者 , 未成年人 . (various references) | |
Czech | moll, menší (less, petty, smaller), malý (faint, little, pokey, remote, scant, short, slender, small, stingy, tight, tiny, young), vzácný (few and far between, infrequent, noble, precious, rare, scarce, uncommon, valuable), vedlejší (accessory, accidental, adjoining, ancillary, by, collateral, extraneous, immaterial, incidental, next, next door, off, secondary, subordinate, subsidiary, supporting, ulterior), sekundární (secondary, ulterior), nižší (inferior, junior, under), nezletilý (under age, underage), nepatrný (derisory, exiguous, imperceptible, insignificant, minute, negligible, petty, scant, scanty, slight, slim, small, thin, trifling), nedùležitý (desultory, immaterial, small, trivial, unimportant), druhořadý (middling, second rate, small time), drobný (close, diminutive, fine, petty, small, tiny), bezvýznamný (inappreciable, inconsequential, inconsiderable, insignificant, meaningless, negligible, niggling, null, pointless, poor, small time, trifling). (various references) | |
Danish | mikronæringsstof (micro element, micro-element, micronutrient, minor element, trace element), mindre hav (minor sea), mindre havn (minor port), mindre vej (minor road, non-principal road, secondary road), mindretallenes sprog (minority language, so-called minor language), minor parameters (minor parameters), circulus arteriosus iridis minor (circulus arteriosus iridis minor, lesser arterial circle of iris), gen,der koder for en kvantitativ egenskab (minor gene), frigang (back, clearance, flank, land, minor flank), forældreret over mindreårig (parental authorisation for minor), draenvand,kildevand,vand fra smaa vandloeb opsamles og afledes inden paafyldning (seepage water, spring water and minor streams must be intercepted and diverted prior to filling in), haematopelvis (accumulation of blood in minor pelvis, accumulation of blood in renal pelvis), De Mindre Amerikanske Oversøiske Øer (United States Minor Outlying Islands), lilleakse (minor axis), chorea minor Sydenham (chorea minor), chirurgia minor (minor surgery), canaliculus tympanicus (canaliculus for tympanic nerve, canaliculus of the minor superficial petrous nerve, Jacobson canal), camera bulbi posterior (minor camera couli, posterior camera oculi, posterior chamber of the eye), bratkoeling af austenitiske staal bruges ogsaa som betegnelse for en varmebehandling, hvor der foruden austenit optraeder mindre maengder martensit (the term quenching of austenic steel - supercooling is also used to denote a treatment resulting in minor amounts of martensite in addition to the austenite), bivej (minor road, non-principal road, secondary road), biakser (minor axes), bageste oejenkammer (minor camera couli, posterior camera oculi, posterior chamber of the eye), asteroide (minor planet), anxiolytikum (antianxiety agent, antianxiety drug, anxiolytic, anxiolytic agent, central nervous system depressant, CNS depressant, minor tranquillizer), anæstesidiabetes (minor surgical diabetes), der ikke har erhvervsmaessig karakter (minor importations of a non-commercial nature), sekundaersloejfe (minor beam, minor lobe), uledsaget mindreårig (unaccompanied minor), styrekreds (feedback loop, minor loop, slaving loop), sporelementer (micro element, micro-element, micronutrient, minor element, oligo-element, trace element), sporelement (micro element, micro-element, micronutrient, minor element, trace element, tramp element), sporeelement (micro element, micro-element, micronutrient, minor element, trace element), sommerflodseng (low water bed, minor bed), smaaindfoersler (minor importations of a non-commercial nature), skade fra mindre stoed og afskrabninger ( |
