mi·nor
(mī́nər)
[Middle English, from Latin.]
adjective
- Lesser or smaller in amount, extent, or size.
- Lesser in importance, rank, or stature: a minor politician.
- Lesser in seriousness or danger: a minor injury.
- Law Being under legal age; not yet a legal adult.
- Chiefly British Relating to or being the younger or junior of two pupils with the same surname.
- Of or relating to a secondary area of academic specialization.
- Logic Dealing with a more restricted category.
- Music
- Relating to or being a minor scale.
- Less in distance by a half step than the corresponding major interval.
- Based on a minor scale: a minor key.
noun
- One that is lesser in comparison with others of the same class.
- Law One who has not reached full legal age.
- A secondary area of specialized academic study, requiring fewer courses or credits than a major.
- One studying in a secondary area of specialization: She is a physics minor.
- Logic
- A minor premise.
- A minor term.
- Music A minor key, scale, or interval.
- Sports The minor leagues of a sport, especially baseball.
intransitive verb: -nored, -nor·ing, -nors.
- To pursue academic studies in a minor field: minored in music.
