Definition of minor

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Minor (a.) Less by a semitone in interval or difference of pitch; as, a minor third..

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Slepez :: Slepez (n.) A burrowing rodent (Spalax typhlus), native of Russia and Asia Minor. It has the general appearance of a mole, and is destitute of eyes. Called also mole rat..
Story :: Story (n.) The relation of an incident or minor event; a short narrative; a tale; especially, a fictitious narrative less elaborate than a novel; a short romance..
Minor :: Minor (n.) A person of either sex who has not attained the age at which full civil rights are accorded; an infant; in England and the United States, one under twenty-one years of age..
Angora :: Angora (n.) A city of Asia Minor (or Anatolia) which has given its name to a goat, a cat, etc..
Subdeaconry :: Subdeacon (n.) One belonging to an order in the Roman Catholic Church, next interior to the order of deacons; also, a member of a minor order in the Greek Church..
Rosemary :: Rosemary (n.) A labiate shrub (Rosmarinus officinalis) with narrow grayish leaves, growing native in the southern part of France, Spain, and Italy, also in Asia Minor and in China. It has a fragrant smell, and a warm, pungent, bitterish taste. It is used in cookery, perfumery, etc., and is an emblem of fidelity or constancy..
Flat :: Flat (superl.) Below the true pitch; hence, as applied to intervals, minor, or lower by a half step; as, a flat seventh; A flat..
Diminish :: Diminish (v. t.) To make smaller by a half step; to make (an interval) less than minor; as, a diminished seventh..
Minority :: Minority (a. & n.) The state of being a minor, or under age..
Regent :: Regent (a.) Especially, one invested with vicarious authority; one who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign..
Harlech Group :: Harlech group () A minor subdivision at the base of the Cambrian system in Wales.
Dyspepsy :: Dyspepsy () A kind of indigestion; a state of the stomach in which its functions are disturbed, without the presence of other diseases, or, if others are present, they are of minor importance. Its symptoms are loss of appetite, nausea, heartburn, acrid or fetid eructations, a sense of weight or fullness in the stomach, etc..
Alluminor :: Alluminor (n.) An illuminator of manuscripts and books; a limner.
Minorities :: Minorities (pl. ) of Minorit.
Subsumptive :: Subsumption (n.) That which is subsumed, as the minor clause or premise of a syllogism..
Underaction :: Underaction (n.) Subordinate action; a minor action incidental or subsidiary to the main story; an episode.
Meerschaum :: Meerschaum (n.) A fine white claylike mineral, soft, and light enough when in dry masses to float in water. It is a hydrous silicate of magnesia, and is obtained chiefly in Asia Minor. It is manufacturd into tobacco pipes, cigar holders, etc. Also called sepiolite..
Minority :: Minority (a. & n.) State of being less or small.
A :: A () The name of the sixth tone in the model major scale (that in C), or the first tone of the minor scale, which is named after it the scale in A minor. The second string of the violin is tuned to the A in the treble staff. -- A sharp (A/) is the name of a musical tone intermediate between A and B. -- A flat (A/) is the name of a tone intermediate between A and G..
Comma :: Comma (n.) A small interval (the difference between a major and minor half step), seldom used except by tuners..
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