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minor
(mass) | minor
- minoritný, menší, vedľajší |
minor
(encz) | minor,drobný adj: web |
minor
(encz) | minor,mající menší význam adj: luke |
minor
(encz) | minor,menší adj: Zdeněk Brož |
minor
(encz) | minor,minoritní adj: luke |
minor
(encz) | minor,moll Zdeněk Brož |
minor
(encz) | minor,nezletilý adj: Dan Ditrich |
minor
(encz) | minor,vedlejší adj: luke |
minor
(gcide) | minor \mi"nor\ (m[imac]"n[~e]r), a. [L., a comparative with no
positive; akin to AS. min small, G. minder less, OHG.
minniro, a., min, adv., Icel. minni, a., minnr, adv., Goth.
minniza, a., mins, adv., Ir. & Gael. min small, tender, L.
minuere to lessen, Gr. miny`qein, Skr. mi to damage. Cf.
Minish, Minister, Minus, Minute.]
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1. Inferior in bulk, degree, importance, etc.; less; smaller;
of little account; as, minor divisions of a body.
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2. (Mus.) Less by a semitone in interval or difference of
pitch; as, a minor third.
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Asia Minor (Geog.), the Lesser Asia; that part of Asia
which lies between the Euxine, or Black Sea, on the north,
and the Mediterranean on the south.
Minor mode (Mus.), that mode, or scale, in which the third
and sixth are minor, -- much used for mournful and solemn
subjects.
Minor orders (Eccl.), the rank of persons employed in
ecclesiastical offices who are not in holy orders, as
doorkeepers, acolytes, etc.
Minor scale (Mus.) The form of the minor scale is various.
The strictly correct form has the third and sixth minor,
with a semitone between the seventh and eighth, which
involves an augmented second interval, or three semitones,
between the sixth and seventh, as, 6/F, 7/G[sharp], 8/A.
But, for melodic purposes, both the sixth and the seventh
are sometimes made major in the ascending, and minor in
the descending, scale, thus:
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[1913 Webster] See Major.
Minor term of a syllogism (Logic), the subject of the
conclusion.
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Minor
(gcide) | Minor \Mi"nor\, n.
1. 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.
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Note: In hereditary monarchies, the minority of a sovereign
ends at an earlier age than of a subject. The minority
of a sovereign of Great Britain ends upon the
completion of the eighteenth year of his age.
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2. (Logic) The minor term, that is, the subject of the
conclusion; also, the minor premise, that is, that premise
which contains the minor term; in hypothetical syllogisms,
the categorical premise. It is the second proposition of a
regular syllogism, as in the following: Every act of
injustice partakes of meanness; to take money from another
by gaming is an act of injustice; therefore, the taking of
money from another by gaming partakes of meanness.
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3. A Minorite; a Franciscan friar.
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minor
(wn) | minor
adj 1: 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]
5: not of legal age; "minor children" [syn: minor, nonaged,
underage] [ant: major]
6: of lesser seriousness or danger; "suffered only minor
injuries"; "some minor flooding"; "a minor tropical
disturbance" [ant: major]
7: of your secondary field of academic concentration or
specialization [ant: major]
8: of the younger of two boys with the same family name; "Jones
minor"
9: warranting only temporal punishment; "venial sin" [syn:
minor, venial]
10: limited in size or scope; "a small business"; "a newspaper
with a modest circulation"; "small-scale plans"; "a pocket-
size country" [syn: minor, modest, small, {small-
scale}, pocket-size, pocket-sized]
n 1: a young person of either sex; "she writes books for
children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British
term for youngster" [syn: child, kid, youngster,
minor, shaver, nipper, small fry, tiddler,
tike, tyke, fry, nestling] |
minor
(devil) | MINOR, adj. Less objectionable.
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MINOR
(bouvier) | MINOR, persons. One under the age of twenty-one years, while in a state of
infancy; one who has not attained the age of a major. The terms major and
minor, are more particularly used in the civil law. The common law terms are
adult and infant. See Infant.
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minor
(mass) | minor
- minoritný, menší, vedľajší |
united states minor outlying islands
(mass) | United States Minor Outlying Islands
- Menšie odľahlé ostrovy USA |
minoritný
(msas) | minoritný
- minor |
minoritny
(msasasci) | minoritny
- minor |
asia minor
(encz) | Asia Minor,Malá Asie n: [zem.] Zdeněk Brož |
epilepsia minor
(encz) | epilepsia minor, n: |
ethnic minority
(encz) | ethnic minority, n: |
labia minora
(encz) | labia minora, n: |
minor
(encz) | minor,drobný adj: webminor,mající menší význam adj: lukeminor,menší adj: Zdeněk Brožminor,minoritní adj: lukeminor,moll Zdeněk Brožminor,nezletilý adj: Dan Ditrichminor,vedlejší adj: luke |
minor axis
(encz) | minor axis, n: |
minor diatonic scale
(encz) | minor diatonic scale, n: |
minor expense
(encz) | minor expense, n: |
minor key
(encz) | minor key, n: |
minor league
(encz) | minor league,třetí liga n: Zdeněk Brož |
minor leaguer
(encz) | minor leaguer, n: |
minor mode
(encz) | minor mode, n: |
minor planet
(encz) | minor planet, n: |
minor premise
(encz) | minor premise, n: |
minor premiss
(encz) | minor premiss, n: |
minor role
(encz) | minor role, n: |
minor scale
(encz) | minor scale,diatonická míra not Zdeněk Brož |
minor suit
(encz) | minor suit, n: |
minor surgery
(encz) | minor surgery, n: |
minor term
(encz) | minor term, n: |
minor tranquilizer
(encz) | minor tranquilizer, n: |
minor tranquilliser
(encz) | minor tranquilliser, n: |
minor tranquillizer
(encz) | minor tranquillizer, n: |
minor-league
(encz) | minor-league,třetí liga n: Zdeněk Brož |
minor-league club
(encz) | minor-league club, n: |
minor-league team
(encz) | minor-league team, n: |
minorities
(encz) | minorities,menšiny n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
minority
(encz) | minority,menšina n: Zdeněk Brož |
minority leader
(encz) | minority leader,vůdce menšiny Zdeněk Brož |
minors
(encz) | minors,nižší liga n: Zdeněk Brož |
musculus pectoralis minor
(encz) | musculus pectoralis minor, n: |
musculus rhomboideus minor
(encz) | musculus rhomboideus minor, n: |
musculus teres minor
(encz) | musculus teres minor, n: |
pectoralis minor
(encz) | pectoralis minor,malý prsní sval [med.] Clock |
rhomboid minor muscle
(encz) | rhomboid minor muscle, n: |
semiminor axis
(encz) | semiminor axis, n: |
teres minor
(encz) | teres minor, n: |
teres minor muscle
(encz) | teres minor muscle, n: |
ursa minor
(encz) | Ursa Minor,Malá Medvědice [jmén.] [astr.] souhvězdí, jehož část je známa
též jako Malý Vůz PetrV |
variola minor
(encz) | variola minor, n: |
variola minor virus
(encz) | variola minor virus, n: |
historically black colleges and universities/minority institutions
(czen) | Historically Black Colleges and Universities/Minority
Institutions,HBCU/MI[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
minoritní
(czen) | minoritní,minoradj: luke |
a Minors Gray Friars or Franciscans
(gcide) | Friar \Fri"ar\, n. [OR. frere, F. fr[`e]re brother, friar, fr.
L. frater brother. See Brother.]
1. (R. C. Ch.) A brother or member of any religious order,
but especially of one of the four mendicant orders, viz:
(a) Minors, Gray Friars, or Franciscans. {(b)
Augustines}. (c) Dominicans or Black Friars. {(d) White
Friars or Carmelites.} See these names in the Vocabulary.
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2. (Print.) A white or pale patch on a printed page.
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3. (Zool.) An American fish; the silversides.
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Friar bird (Zool.), an Australian bird ({Tropidorhynchus
corniculatus}), having the head destitute of feathers; --
called also coldong, leatherhead, pimlico; {poor
soldier}, and four-o'clock. The name is also applied to
several other species of the same genus.
Friar's balsam (Med.), a stimulating application for wounds
and ulcers, being an alcoholic solution of benzoin,
styrax, tolu balsam, and aloes; compound tincture of
benzoin. --Brande & C.
Friar's cap (Bot.), the monkshood.
Friar's cowl (Bot.), an arumlike plant (Arisarum vulgare)
with a spathe or involucral leaf resembling a cowl.
Friar's lantern, the ignis fatuus or Will-o'-the-wisp.
--Milton.
Friar skate (Zool.), the European white or sharpnosed skate
(Raia alba); -- called also Burton skate, {border
ray}, scad, and doctor.
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Alluminor
(gcide) | Alluminor \Al*lu"mi*nor\, n. [OF. alumineor, fr. L. ad +
liminare. See Luminate.]
An illuminator of manuscripts and books; a limner. [Obs.]
--Cowell.
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Asia Minor
(gcide) | minor \mi"nor\ (m[imac]"n[~e]r), a. [L., a comparative with no
positive; akin to AS. min small, G. minder less, OHG.
minniro, a., min, adv., Icel. minni, a., minnr, adv., Goth.
minniza, a., mins, adv., Ir. & Gael. min small, tender, L.
minuere to lessen, Gr. miny`qein, Skr. mi to damage. Cf.
Minish, Minister, Minus, Minute.]
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1. Inferior in bulk, degree, importance, etc.; less; smaller;
of little account; as, minor divisions of a body.
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2. (Mus.) Less by a semitone in interval or difference of
pitch; as, a minor third.
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Asia Minor (Geog.), the Lesser Asia; that part of Asia
which lies between the Euxine, or Black Sea, on the north,
and the Mediterranean on the south.
Minor mode (Mus.), that mode, or scale, in which the third
and sixth are minor, -- much used for mournful and solemn
subjects.
Minor orders (Eccl.), the rank of persons employed in
ecclesiastical offices who are not in holy orders, as
doorkeepers, acolytes, etc.
Minor scale (Mus.) The form of the minor scale is various.
The strictly correct form has the third and sixth minor,
with a semitone between the seventh and eighth, which
involves an augmented second interval, or three semitones,
between the sixth and seventh, as, 6/F, 7/G[sharp], 8/A.
But, for melodic purposes, both the sixth and the seventh
are sometimes made major in the ascending, and minor in
the descending, scale, thus:
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Minor term of a syllogism (Logic), the subject of the
conclusion.
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Briza minor
(gcide) | Quaking \Quak"ing\,
a. & n. from Quake, v.
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Quaking aspen (Bot.), an American species of poplar
(Populus tremuloides), the leaves of which tremble in
the lightest breeze. It much resembles the European aspen.
See Aspen.
Quaking bog, a bog of forming peat so saturated with water
that it shakes when trodden upon.
Quaking grass. (Bot.)
(a) One of several grasses of the genus Briza, having
slender-stalked and pendulous ovate spikelets, which
quake and rattle in the wind. Briza maxima is the large
quaking grass; Briza media and Briza minor are the
smaller kinds.
(b) Rattlesnake grass (Glyceria Canadensis).
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Canis minor
(gcide) | Canis \Ca"nis\ (k[a^]"n[i^]s), n.; pl. Canes (-n[=e]z). [L., a
dog.] (Zool.)
A genus of carnivorous mammals, of the family Canid[ae],
including the dogs and wolves.
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Canis major [L., larger dog], a constellation to the
southeast of Orion, containing Sirius or the Dog Star.
Canis minor [L., smaller dog], a constellation to the east
of Orion, containing Procyon, a star of the first
magnitude.
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Chordeiles minor
(gcide) | nighthawk \nighthawk\ n.
1. A person who likes to be active late at night; a {night
owl}.
Syn: night owl, nightbird.
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2. (Zool.) Any of several mainly nocturnal North American
goatsuckers, especially Chordeiles minor, or the related
European goatsucker Caprimulgus europaeus, also called
the nightjar.
Syn: bullbat, mosquito hawk.
[WordNet 1.5]Caprimulgidae \Caprimulgidae\ n. [L. capris goat + mulgere to
milk.]
a widely distributed natural family of nocturnally active
birds including the whip-poor-will ({Caprimulgus
vociferus}), the chuck-will's-widow ({Caprimulgus
carolinensis}), and the common nighthawk ({Chordeiles
minor}); -- called popularly the goatsuckers or
nightjars. The nighthawks are sometimes active during the
day.
Syn: goatsuckers, nightjars, family Caprimulgidae.
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The family . . . is alternately known as the
nightjars (derived from the "churring" sounds of
several species -- "jarring" the night air), or
goatsuckers, a nonsense name that should be
discontinued as it has its origin in the
preposterous myth that the birds sucked the milk
of nanny goats until they were dry. --Terence
Michael Short
(Wild Birds of
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Dendrocopus minor
(gcide) | Tapper \Tap"per\, n. (Zool.)
The lesser spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopus minor); --
called also tapperer, tabberer, little wood pie,
barred woodpecker, wood tapper, hickwall, and {pump
borer}. [Prov. Eng.]
[1913 Webster]Woodpecker \Wood"peck`er\, n. (Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of scansorial birds belonging to
Picus and many allied genera of the family Picidae.
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Note: These birds have the tail feathers pointed and rigid at
the tip to aid in climbing, and a strong chisellike
bill with which they are able to drill holes in the
bark and wood of trees in search of insect larvae upon
which most of the species feed. A few species feed
partly upon the sap of trees (see Sap sucker, under
Sap), others spend a portion of their time on the
ground in search of ants and other insects.
[1913 Webster] The most common European species are the
greater spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopus major), the
lesser spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopus minor), and
the green woodpecker, or yaffle (see Yaffle).
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pileated woodpecker (see under Pileated), the
ivory-billed woodpecker (Campephilus principalis),
which is one of the largest known species, the
red-headed woodpecker, or red-head ({Melanerpes
erythrocephalus}), the red-bellied woodpecker
(Melanerpes Carolinus) (see Chab), the superciliary
woodpecker (Melanerpes superciliaris), the hairy
woodpecker (Dryobates villosus), the downy woodpecker
(Dryobates pubescens), the three-toed, woodpecker
(Picoides Americanus), the golden-winged woodpecker
(see Flicker), and the sap suckers. See also
Carpintero.
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Woodpecker hornbill (Zool.), a black and white Asiatic
hornbill (Buceros pica) which resembles a woodpecker in
color.
[1913 Webster]Hickwall \Hick"wall`\, Hickway \Hick"way`\, n. [OE., also
hyghwhele, highawe.]
The lesser spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopus minor) of
Europe. [Prov. Eng.]
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Dryobates minor
(gcide) | Wallhick \Wall"hick`\, n. (Zool.)
The lesser spotted woodpecker (Dryobates minor). [Prov.
Eng.]
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Friars Minor
(gcide) | Franciscan \Fran*cis"can\, n. (R.C.Ch.)
A monk or friar of the Order of St. Francis, a large and
zealous order of mendicant monks founded in 1209 by St.
Francis of Assisi. They are called also Friars Minor; and
in England, Gray Friars, because they wear a gray habit.
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Herminium Minorchis
(gcide) | Musk \Musk\ (m[u^]sk), n. [F. musc, L. muscus, Per. musk, fr.
Skr. mushka testicle, orig., a little mouse. See Mouse, and
cd. Abelmosk, Muscadel, Muscovy duck, Nutmeg.]
1. A substance of a reddish brown color, and when fresh of
the consistency of honey, obtained from a bag being behind
the navel of the male musk deer. It has a slightly bitter
taste, but is specially remarkable for its powerful and
enduring odor. It is used in medicine as a stimulant
antispasmodic. The term is also applied to secretions of
various other animals, having a similar odor.
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2. (Zool.) The musk deer. See Musk deer (below).
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3. The perfume emitted by musk, or any perfume somewhat
similar.
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4. (Bot.)
(a) The musk plant (Mimulus moschatus).
(b) A plant of the genus Erodium (Erodium moschatum);
-- called also musky heron's-bill.
(c) A plant of the genus Muscari; grape hyacinth.
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Musk beaver (Zool.), muskrat (1).
Musk beetle (Zool.), a European longicorn beetle ({Aromia
moschata}), having an agreeable odor resembling that of
attar of roses.
Musk cat. See Bondar.
Musk cattle (Zool.), musk oxen. See Musk ox (below).
Musk deer (Zool.), a small hornless deer ({Moschus
moschiferus}), which inhabits the elevated parts of
Central Asia. The upper canine teeth of the male are
developed into sharp tusks, curved downward. The male has
scent bags on the belly, from which the musk of commerce
is derived. The deer is yellow or red-brown above, whitish
below. The pygmy musk deer are chevrotains, as the kanchil
and napu.
Musk duck. (Zool.)
(a) The Muscovy duck.
(b) An Australian duck (Biziura lobata).
Musk lorikeet (Zool.), the Pacific lorikeet ({Glossopsitta
australis}) of Australia.
Musk mallow (Bot.), a name of two malvaceous plants:
(a) A species of mallow (Malva moschata), the foliage of
which has a faint musky smell.
(b) An Asiatic shrub. See Abelmosk.
Musk orchis (Bot.), a European plant of the Orchis family
(Herminium Minorchis); -- so called from its peculiar
scent.
Musk ox (Zool.), an Arctic hollow-horned ruminant ({Ovibos
moschatus}), now existing only in America, but found
fossil in Europe and Asia. It is covered with a thick coat
of fine yellowish wool, and with long dark hair, which is
abundant and shaggy on the neck and shoulders. The
full-grown male weighs over four hundred pounds.
Musk parakeet. (Zool.) Same as Musk lorikeet (above).
Musk pear (Bot.), a fragrant kind of pear much resembling
the Seckel pear.
Musk plant (Bot.), the Mimulus moschatus, a plant found
in Western North America, often cultivated, and having a
strong musky odor.
Musk root (Bot.), the name of several roots with a strong
odor, as that of the nard (Nardostachys Jatamansi) and
of a species of Angelica.
Musk rose (Bot.), a species of rose (Rosa moschata),
having peculiarly fragrant white blossoms.
Musk seed (Bot.), the seed of a plant of the Mallow family
(Hibiscus moschatus), used in perfumery and in
flavoring. See Abelmosk.
Musk sheep (Zool.), the musk ox.
Musk shrew (Zool.), a shrew (Sorex murinus), found in
India. It has a powerful odor of musk. Called also
sondeli, and mondjourou.
Musk thistle (Bot.), a species of thistle ({Carduus
nutans}), having fine large flowers, and leaves smelling
strongly of musk.
Musk tortoise, Musk turtle (Zool.), a small American
fresh-water tortoise (Armochelys odorata syn. {Ozotheca
odorata}), which has a distinct odor of musk; -- called
also stinkpot.
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Leo Minor
(gcide) | Leo \Le"o\ (l[=e]"[=o]), n. [L. See Lion.] (Astron.)
1. The Lion, the fifth sign of the zodiac, marked thus
[[Leo]] in almanacs.
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2. A northern constellation east of Cancer, containing the
bright star Regulus at the end of the handle of the
Sickle.
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Leo Minor, a small constellation between Leo and the Great
Bear.
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minor
(gcide) | minor \mi"nor\ (m[imac]"n[~e]r), a. [L., a comparative with no
positive; akin to AS. min small, G. minder less, OHG.
minniro, a., min, adv., Icel. minni, a., minnr, adv., Goth.
minniza, a., mins, adv., Ir. & Gael. min small, tender, L.
minuere to lessen, Gr. miny`qein, Skr. mi to damage. Cf.
Minish, Minister, Minus, Minute.]
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1. Inferior in bulk, degree, importance, etc.; less; smaller;
of little account; as, minor divisions of a body.
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2. (Mus.) Less by a semitone in interval or difference of
pitch; as, a minor third.
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Asia Minor (Geog.), the Lesser Asia; that part of Asia
which lies between the Euxine, or Black Sea, on the north,
and the Mediterranean on the south.
Minor mode (Mus.), that mode, or scale, in which the third
and sixth are minor, -- much used for mournful and solemn
subjects.
Minor orders (Eccl.), the rank of persons employed in
ecclesiastical offices who are not in holy orders, as
doorkeepers, acolytes, etc.
Minor scale (Mus.) The form of the minor scale is various.
The strictly correct form has the third and sixth minor,
with a semitone between the seventh and eighth, which
involves an augmented second interval, or three semitones,
between the sixth and seventh, as, 6/F, 7/G[sharp], 8/A.
But, for melodic purposes, both the sixth and the seventh
are sometimes made major in the ascending, and minor in
the descending, scale, thus:
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[1913 Webster] See Major.
Minor term of a syllogism (Logic), the subject of the
conclusion.
[1913 Webster]Minor \Mi"nor\, n.
1. 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.
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Note: In hereditary monarchies, the minority of a sovereign
ends at an earlier age than of a subject. The minority
of a sovereign of Great Britain ends upon the
completion of the eighteenth year of his age.
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2. (Logic) The minor term, that is, the subject of the
conclusion; also, the minor premise, that is, that premise
which contains the minor term; in hypothetical syllogisms,
the categorical premise. It is the second proposition of a
regular syllogism, as in the following: Every act of
injustice partakes of meanness; to take money from another
by gaming is an act of injustice; therefore, the taking of
money from another by gaming partakes of meanness.
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3. A Minorite; a Franciscan friar.
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minor axis
(gcide) | Axis \Ax"is\, n.; pl. Axes. [L. axis axis, axle. See Axle.]
A straight line, real or imaginary, passing through a body,
on which it revolves, or may be supposed to revolve; a line
passing through a body or system around which the parts are
symmetrically arranged.
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2. (Math.) A straight line with respect to which the
different parts of a magnitude are symmetrically arranged;
as, the axis of a cylinder, i. e., the axis of a cone,
that is, the straight line joining the vertex and the
center of the base; the axis of a circle, any straight
line passing through the center.
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3. (Bot.) The stem; the central part, or longitudinal
support, on which organs or parts are arranged; the
central line of any body. --Gray.
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4. (Anat.)
(a) The second vertebra of the neck, or {vertebra
dentata}.
(b) Also used of the body only of the vertebra, which is
prolonged anteriorly within the foramen of the first
vertebra or atlas, so as to form the odontoid process
or peg which serves as a pivot for the atlas and head
to turn upon.
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5. (Crystallog.) One of several imaginary lines, assumed in
describing the position of the planes by which a crystal
is bounded.
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6. (Fine Arts) The primary or secondary central line of any
design.
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Anticlinal axis (Geol.), a line or ridge from which the
strata slope downward on the two opposite sides.
Synclinal axis, a line from which the strata slope upward
in opposite directions, so as to form a valley.
Axis cylinder (Anat.), the neuraxis or essential, central
substance of a nerve fiber; -- called also axis band,
axial fiber, and cylinder axis.
Axis in peritrochio, the wheel and axle, one of the
mechanical powers.
Axis of a curve (Geom.), a straight line which bisects a
system of parallel chords of a curve; called a {principal
axis}, when cutting them at right angles, in which case it
divides the curve into two symmetrical portions, as in the
parabola, which has one such axis, the ellipse, which has
two, or the circle, which has an infinite number. The two
axes of the ellipse are the major axis and the {minor
axis}, and the two axes of the hyperbola are the
transverse axis and the conjugate axis.
Axis of a lens, the straight line passing through its
center and perpendicular to its surfaces.
Axis of a microscope or Axis of a telescope, the straight
line with which coincide the axes of the several lenses
which compose it.
Axes of co["o]rdinates in a plane, two straight lines
intersecting each other, to which points are referred for
the purpose of determining their relative position: they
are either rectangular or oblique.
Axes of co["o]rdinates in space, the three straight lines
in which the co["o]rdinate planes intersect each other.
Axis of a balance, that line about which it turns.
Axis of oscillation, of a pendulum, a right line passing
through the center about which it vibrates, and
perpendicular to the plane of vibration.
Axis of polarization, the central line around which the
prismatic rings or curves are arranged. --Brewster.
Axis of revolution (Descriptive Geom.), a straight line
about which some line or plane is revolved, so that the
several points of the line or plane shall describe circles
with their centers in the fixed line, and their planes
perpendicular to it, the line describing a surface of
revolution, and the plane a solid of revolution.
Axis of symmetry (Geom.), any line in a plane figure which
divides the figure into two such parts that one part, when
folded over along the axis, shall coincide with the other
part.
Axis of the equator, ecliptic, horizon (or other circle
considered with reference to the sphere on which it lies),
the diameter of the sphere which is perpendicular to the
plane of the circle. --Hutton.
Axis of the Ionic capital (Arch.), a line passing
perpendicularly through the middle of the eye of the
volute.
Neutral axis (Mech.), the line of demarcation between the
horizontal elastic forces of tension and compression,
exerted by the fibers in any cross section of a girder.
Optic axis of a crystal, the direction in which a ray of
transmitted light suffers no double refraction. All
crystals, not of the isometric system, are either uniaxial
or biaxial.
Optic axis, Visual axis (Opt.), the straight line passing
through the center of the pupil, and perpendicular to the
surface of the eye.
Radical axis of two circles (Geom.), the straight line
perpendicular to the line joining their centers and such
that the tangents from any point of it to the two circles
shall be equal to each other.
Spiral axis (Arch.), the axis of a twisted column drawn
spirally in order to trace the circumvolutions without.
Axis of abscissas and Axis of ordinates. See Abscissa.
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Minor canon
(gcide) | canon \can"on\ (k[a^]n"[u^]n), n. [OE. canon, canoun, AS. canon
rule (cf. F. canon, LL. canon, and, for sense 7, F. chanoine,
LL. canonicus), fr. L. canon a measuring line, rule, model,
fr. Gr. kanw`n rule, rod, fr. ka`nh, ka`nnh, reed. See
Cane, and cf. Canonical.]
1. A law or rule.
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Or that the Everlasting had not fixed
His canon 'gainst self-slaughter. --Shak.
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2. (Eccl.) A law, or rule of doctrine or discipline, enacted
by a council and confirmed by the pope or the sovereign; a
decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by
ecclesiastical authority.
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Various canons which were made in councils held in
the second centry. --Hook.
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3. The collection of books received as genuine Holy
Scriptures, called the sacred canon, or general rule of
moral and religious duty, given by inspiration; the Bible;
also, any one of the canonical Scriptures. See {Canonical
books}, under Canonical, a.
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4. In monasteries, a book containing the rules of a religious
order.
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5. A catalogue of saints acknowledged and canonized in the
Roman Catholic Church.
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6. A member of a cathedral chapter; a person who possesses a
prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church.
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7. (Mus.) A musical composition in which the voices begin one
after another, at regular intervals, successively taking
up the same subject. It either winds up with a coda
(tailpiece), or, as each voice finishes, commences anew,
thus forming a perpetual fugue or round. It is the
strictest form of imitation. See Imitation.
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8. (Print.) The largest size of type having a specific name;
-- so called from having been used for printing the canons
of the church.
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9. The part of a bell by which it is suspended; -- called
also ear and shank.
Note: [See Illust. of Bell.] --Knight.
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10. (Billiards) See Carom.
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Apostolical canons. See under Apostolical.
Augustinian canons, Black canons. See under
Augustinian.
Canon capitular, Canon residentiary, a resident member of
a cathedral chapter (during a part or the whole of the
year).
Canon law. See under Law.
Canon of the Mass (R. C. Ch.), that part of the mass,
following the Sanctus, which never changes.
Honorary canon, a canon[6] who neither lived in a
monastery, nor kept the canonical hours.
Minor canon (Ch. of Eng.), one who has been admitted to a
chapter, but has not yet received a prebend.
Regular canon (R. C. Ch.), one who lived in a conventual
community and followed the rule of St. Austin; a Black
canon.
Secular canon (R. C. Ch.), one who did not live in a
monastery, but kept the hours.
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minor league
(gcide) | minor league \minor league\ n. Sport)
A league of professional sports teams less proficient than a
major leagues. Players in the minor leagues generally are
paid less than those in the major leagues, and their games
attract less atention.
Note: Certain minor league sports teams are often owned by
those owning a major league club, and the minor league
clubs are used to provide practise and opportunity for
evaluation for candidates who wish to play in the major
leagues.
Syn: minor league.
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Minor mode
(gcide) | minor \mi"nor\ (m[imac]"n[~e]r), a. [L., a comparative with no
positive; akin to AS. min small, G. minder less, OHG.
minniro, a., min, adv., Icel. minni, a., minnr, adv., Goth.
minniza, a., mins, adv., Ir. & Gael. min small, tender, L.
minuere to lessen, Gr. miny`qein, Skr. mi to damage. Cf.
Minish, Minister, Minus, Minute.]
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1. Inferior in bulk, degree, importance, etc.; less; smaller;
of little account; as, minor divisions of a body.
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2. (Mus.) Less by a semitone in interval or difference of
pitch; as, a minor third.
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Asia Minor (Geog.), the Lesser Asia; that part of Asia
which lies between the Euxine, or Black Sea, on the north,
and the Mediterranean on the south.
Minor mode (Mus.), that mode, or scale, in which the third
and sixth are minor, -- much used for mournful and solemn
subjects.
Minor orders (Eccl.), the rank of persons employed in
ecclesiastical offices who are not in holy orders, as
doorkeepers, acolytes, etc.
Minor scale (Mus.) The form of the minor scale is various.
The strictly correct form has the third and sixth minor,
with a semitone between the seventh and eighth, which
involves an augmented second interval, or three semitones,
between the sixth and seventh, as, 6/F, 7/G[sharp], 8/A.
But, for melodic purposes, both the sixth and the seventh
are sometimes made major in the ascending, and minor in
the descending, scale, thus:
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Minor term of a syllogism (Logic), the subject of the
conclusion.
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Minor orders
(gcide) | Order \Or"der\, n. [OE. ordre, F. ordre, fr. L. ordo, ordinis.
Cf. Ordain, Ordinal.]
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1. Regular arrangement; any methodical or established
succession or harmonious relation; method; system; as:
(a) Of material things, like the books in a library.
(b) Of intellectual notions or ideas, like the topics of a
discource.
(c) Of periods of time or occurrences, and the like.
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The side chambers were . . . thirty in order.
--Ezek. xli.
6.
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Bright-harnessed angels sit in order
serviceable. --Milton.
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Good order is the foundation of all good things.
--Burke.
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2. Right arrangement; a normal, correct, or fit condition;
as, the house is in order; the machinery is out of order.
--Locke.
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3. The customary mode of procedure; established system, as in
the conduct of debates or the transaction of business;
usage; custom; fashion. --Dantiel.
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And, pregnant with his grander thought,
Brought the old order into doubt. --Emerson.
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4. Conformity with law or decorum; freedom from disturbance;
general tranquillity; public quiet; as, to preserve order
in a community or an assembly.
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5. That which prescribes a method of procedure; a rule or
regulation made by competent authority; as, the rules and
orders of the senate.
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The church hath authority to establish that for an
order at one time which at another time it may
abolish. --Hooker.
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6. A command; a mandate; a precept; a direction.
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Upon this new fright, an order was made by both
houses for disarming all the papists in England.
--Clarendon.
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7. Hence: A commission to purchase, sell, or supply goods; a
direction, in writing, to pay money, to furnish supplies,
to admit to a building, a place of entertainment, or the
like; as, orders for blankets are large.
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In those days were pit orders -- beshrew the
uncomfortable manager who abolished them. --Lamb.
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8. A number of things or persons arranged in a fixed or
suitable place, or relative position; a rank; a row; a
grade; especially, a rank or class in society; a group or
division of men in the same social or other position;
also, a distinct character, kind, or sort; as, the higher
or lower orders of society; talent of a high order.
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They are in equal order to their several ends.
--Jer. Taylor.
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Various orders various ensigns bear. --Granville.
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Which, to his order of mind, must have seemed little
short of crime. --Hawthorne.
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9. A body of persons having some common honorary distinction
or rule of obligation; esp., a body of religious persons
or aggregate of convents living under a common rule; as,
the Order of the Bath; the Franciscan order.
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Find a barefoot brother out,
One of our order, to associate me. --Shak.
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The venerable order of the Knights Templars. --Sir
W. Scott.
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10. An ecclesiastical grade or rank, as of deacon, priest, or
bishop; the office of the Christian ministry; -- often
used in the plural; as, to take orders, or to take holy
orders, that is, to enter some grade of the ministry.
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11. (Arch.) The disposition of a column and its component
parts, and of the entablature resting upon it, in
classical architecture; hence (as the column and
entablature are the characteristic features of classical
architecture) a style or manner of architectural
designing.
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Note: The Greeks used three different orders, easy to
distinguish, Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian. The Romans
added the Tuscan, and changed the Doric so that it is
hardly recognizable, and also used a modified
Corinthian called Composite. The Renaissance writers on
architecture recognized five orders as orthodox or
classical, -- Doric (the Roman sort), Ionic, Tuscan,
Corinthian, and Composite. See Illust. of Capital.
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12. (Nat. Hist.) An assemblage of genera having certain
important characters in common; as, the Carnivora and
Insectivora are orders of Mammalia.
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Note: The Linnaean artificial orders of plants rested mainly
on identity in the numer of pistils, or agreement in
some one character. Natural orders are groups of genera
agreeing in the fundamental plan of their flowers and
fruit. A natural order is usually (in botany)
equivalent to a family, and may include several tribes.
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13. (Rhet.) The placing of words and members in a sentence in
such a manner as to contribute to force and beauty or
clearness of expression.
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14. (Math.) Rank; degree; thus, the order of a curve or
surface is the same as the degree of its equation.
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Artificial order or Artificial system. See {Artificial
classification}, under Artificial, and Note to def. 12
above.
Close order (Mil.), the arrangement of the ranks with a
distance of about half a pace between them; with a
distance of about three yards the ranks are in {open
order}.
The four Orders, The Orders four, the four orders of
mendicant friars. See Friar. --Chaucer.
General orders (Mil.), orders issued which concern the
whole command, or the troops generally, in distinction
from special orders.
Holy orders.
(a) (Eccl.) The different grades of the Christian
ministry; ordination to the ministry. See def. 10
above.
(b) (R. C. Ch.) A sacrament for the purpose of conferring
a special grace on those ordained.
In order to, for the purpose of; to the end; as means to.
The best knowledge is that which is of greatest use
in order to our eternal happiness. --Tillotson.
Minor orders (R. C. Ch.), orders beneath the diaconate in
sacramental dignity, as acolyte, exorcist, reader,
doorkeeper.
Money order. See under Money.
Natural order. (Bot.) See def. 12, Note.
Order book.
(a) A merchant's book in which orders are entered.
(b) (Mil.) A book kept at headquarters, in which all
orders are recorded for the information of officers
and men.
(c) A book in the House of Commons in which proposed
orders must be entered. [Eng.]
Order in Council, a royal order issued with and by the
advice of the Privy Council. [Great Britain]
Order of battle (Mil.), the particular disposition given to
the troops of an army on the field of battle.
Order of the day, in legislative bodies, the special
business appointed for a specified day.
Order of a differential equation (Math.), the greatest
index of differentiation in the equation.
Sailing orders (Naut.), the final instructions given to the
commander of a ship of war before a cruise.
Sealed orders, orders sealed, and not to be opened until a
certain time, or arrival at a certain place, as after a
ship is at sea.
Standing order.
(a) A continuing regulation for the conduct of
parliamentary business.
(b) (Mil.) An order not subject to change by an officer
temporarily in command.
To give order, to give command or directions. --Shak.
To take order for, to take charge of; to make arrangements
concerning.
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Whiles I take order for mine own affairs. --Shak.
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Syn: Arrangement; management. See Direction.
[1913 Webster]minor \mi"nor\ (m[imac]"n[~e]r), a. [L., a comparative with no
positive; akin to AS. min small, G. minder less, OHG.
minniro, a., min, adv., Icel. minni, a., minnr, adv., Goth.
minniza, a., mins, adv., Ir. & Gael. min small, tender, L.
minuere to lessen, Gr. miny`qein, Skr. mi to damage. Cf.
Minish, Minister, Minus, Minute.]
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1. Inferior in bulk, degree, importance, etc.; less; smaller;
of little account; as, minor divisions of a body.
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2. (Mus.) Less by a semitone in interval or difference of
pitch; as, a minor third.
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Asia Minor (Geog.), the Lesser Asia; that part of Asia
which lies between the Euxine, or Black Sea, on the north,
and the Mediterranean on the south.
Minor mode (Mus.), that mode, or scale, in which the third
and sixth are minor, -- much used for mournful and solemn
subjects.
Minor orders (Eccl.), the rank of persons employed in
ecclesiastical offices who are not in holy orders, as
doorkeepers, acolytes, etc.
Minor scale (Mus.) The form of the minor scale is various.
The strictly correct form has the third and sixth minor,
with a semitone between the seventh and eighth, which
involves an augmented second interval, or three semitones,
between the sixth and seventh, as, 6/F, 7/G[sharp], 8/A.
But, for melodic purposes, both the sixth and the seventh
are sometimes made major in the ascending, and minor in
the descending, scale, thus:
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Minor term of a syllogism (Logic), the subject of the
conclusion.
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minor planets
(gcide) | Asteroid \As"ter*oid\, n. [Gr. ? starlike, starry; 'asth`r star
+ e'i^dos form: cf. F. ast['e]ro["i]de. See Aster.]
A starlike body; esp. one of the numerous small planets whose
orbits lie between those of Mars and Jupiter; -- called also
planetoids and minor planets.
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Minor scale
(gcide) | minor \mi"nor\ (m[imac]"n[~e]r), a. [L., a comparative with no
positive; akin to AS. min small, G. minder less, OHG.
minniro, a., min, adv., Icel. minni, a., minnr, adv., Goth.
minniza, a., mins, adv., Ir. & Gael. min small, tender, L.
minuere to lessen, Gr. miny`qein, Skr. mi to damage. Cf.
Minish, Minister, Minus, Minute.]
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1. Inferior in bulk, degree, importance, etc.; less; smaller;
of little account; as, minor divisions of a body.
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2. (Mus.) Less by a semitone in interval or difference of
pitch; as, a minor third.
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Asia Minor (Geog.), the Lesser Asia; that part of Asia
which lies between the Euxine, or Black Sea, on the north,
and the Mediterranean on the south.
Minor mode (Mus.), that mode, or scale, in which the third
and sixth are minor, -- much used for mournful and solemn
subjects.
Minor orders (Eccl.), the rank of persons employed in
ecclesiastical offices who are not in holy orders, as
doorkeepers, acolytes, etc.
Minor scale (Mus.) The form of the minor scale is various.
The strictly correct form has the third and sixth minor,
with a semitone between the seventh and eighth, which
involves an augmented second interval, or three semitones,
between the sixth and seventh, as, 6/F, 7/G[sharp], 8/A.
But, for melodic purposes, both the sixth and the seventh
are sometimes made major in the ascending, and minor in
the descending, scale, thus:
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Minor term of a syllogism (Logic), the subject of the
conclusion.
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Minor term of a syllogism
(gcide) | minor \mi"nor\ (m[imac]"n[~e]r), a. [L., a comparative with no
positive; akin to AS. min small, G. minder less, OHG.
minniro, a., min, adv., Icel. minni, a., minnr, adv., Goth.
minniza, a., mins, adv., Ir. & Gael. min small, tender, L.
minuere to lessen, Gr. miny`qein, Skr. mi to damage. Cf.
Minish, Minister, Minus, Minute.]
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1. Inferior in bulk, degree, importance, etc.; less; smaller;
of little account; as, minor divisions of a body.
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2. (Mus.) Less by a semitone in interval or difference of
pitch; as, a minor third.
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Asia Minor (Geog.), the Lesser Asia; that part of Asia
which lies between the Euxine, or Black Sea, on the north,
and the Mediterranean on the south.
Minor mode (Mus.), that mode, or scale, in which the third
and sixth are minor, -- much used for mournful and solemn
subjects.
Minor orders (Eccl.), the rank of persons employed in
ecclesiastical offices who are not in holy orders, as
doorkeepers, acolytes, etc.
Minor scale (Mus.) The form of the minor scale is various.
The strictly correct form has the third and sixth minor,
with a semitone between the seventh and eighth, which
involves an augmented second interval, or three semitones,
between the sixth and seventh, as, 6/F, 7/G[sharp], 8/A.
But, for melodic purposes, both the sixth and the seventh
are sometimes made major in the ascending, and minor in
the descending, scale, thus:
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Minor term of a syllogism (Logic), the subject of the
conclusion.
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Minor third
(gcide) | Third \Third\, n.
1. The quotient of a unit divided by three; one of three
equal parts into which anything is divided.
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2. The sixtieth part of a second of time.
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3. (Mus.) The third tone of the scale; the mediant.
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4. pl. (Law) The third part of the estate of a deceased
husband, which, by some local laws, the widow is entitled
to enjoy during her life.
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Major third (Mus.), an interval of two tones.
Minor third (Mus.), an interval of a tone and a half.
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Minorat
(gcide) | Minorat \Mi`no*rat"\, n. [G. Cf. Minor, a.] (Law)
A custom or right, analogous to borough-English in England,
formerly existing in various parts of Europe, and surviving
in parts of Germany and Austria, by which certain entailed
estates, as a homestead and adjacent land, descend to the
youngest male heir.
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Minorate
(gcide) | Minorate \Mi"nor*ate\, v. t. [L. minoratus; p. p. of minorare to
diminish, fr. minor, a. See 1st Minor.]
To diminish. [R.] --Sir T. Browne.
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