Minor 音标拼音: [m'ɑɪnɚ]
n . 未成年人,副修科目
a . 较小的,二流的,未成年的
vi . 辅修
未成年人,副修科目较小的,二流的,未成年的辅修
minor 小计
minor 次 小 子式
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 " [
synonym : {
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 " [
synonym :
{
minor }, {
venial }]
10 :
limited in size or scope ; "
a small business "; "
a newspaper with a modest circulation "; "
small -
scale plans "; "
a pocket -
size country " [
synonym : {
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 " [
synonym : {
child }, {
kid }, {
youngster },
{
minor }, {
shaver }, {
nipper }, {
small fry }, {
tiddler },
{
tike }, {
tyke }, {
fry }, {
nestling }]
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 }.]
[
1913 Webster ]
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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See {
Major }.
{
Minor term of a syllogism } (
Logic ),
the subject of the conclusion .
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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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178 Moby Thesaurus words for "
minor ":
academic specialty ,
adolescent ,
area ,
average ,
baby ,
back -
burner ,
boy ,
budding ,
callow ,
casual ,
child ,
classical education ,
common ,
core curriculum ,
course ,
course of study ,
curriculum ,
demeaning ,
dependent ,
dewy ,
dinky ,
disadvantaged ,
discipline ,
dispensable ,
dominant ,
elective ,
fair ,
field ,
fledgling ,
general education ,
general studies ,
girl ,
green ,
growing ,
hopeful ,
humanities ,
humble ,
immaterial ,
immature ,
impubic ,
in the shade ,
inappreciable ,
inconsequential ,
inconsiderable ,
indifferent ,
inessential ,
inexperienced ,
infant ,
inferior ,
infra dig ,
ingenuous ,
innocent ,
insignificant ,
intact ,
irrelevant ,
juicy ,
junior ,
juvenal ,
juvenile ,
key ,
key signature ,
keynote ,
lad ,
laddie ,
lass ,
lassie ,
less ,
lesser ,
liberal arts ,
light ,
little ,
low ,
lower ,
lowly ,
major ,
major key ,
mediant ,
mediocre ,
medium ,
middling ,
minute ,
modest ,
naive ,
negligible ,
new -
fledged ,
nonessential ,
not vital ,
obscure ,
one -
horse ,
ordinary ,
paltry ,
pedal point ,
petit ,
petty ,
picayune ,
piddling ,
proseminar ,
pubescent ,
quadrivium ,
raw ,
refresher course ,
ripening ,
sapling ,
sappy ,
schoolboy ,
schoolgirl ,
scientific education ,
second rank ,
second string ,
second -
rate ,
secondary ,
seminar ,
servile ,
shoestring ,
slight ,
slip ,
small ,
small -
beer ,
small -
fry ,
small -
time ,
smaller ,
specialty ,
sprig ,
stripling ,
study ,
sub ,
subaltern ,
subdiscipline ,
subdominant ,
subject ,
submediant ,
subordinate ,
subservient ,
subsidiary ,
subtonic ,
supertonic ,
technical ,
technical education ,
teenager ,
teener ,
teenybopper ,
tender ,
third rank ,
third string ,
tonality ,
tonic ,
tonic key ,
trifling ,
trivial ,
trivium ,
two -
bit ,
unadult ,
underage ,
underprivileged ,
undeveloped ,
undistinguished ,
unessential ,
unfledged ,
unformed ,
unimportant ,
unimpressive ,
unlicked ,
unmellowed ,
unnoteworthy ,
unnoticeable ,
unripe ,
unseasoned ,
vernal ,
virginal ,
vulgar ,
ward ,
young hopeful ,
young person ,
younger ,
youngest ,
youngling ,
youngster ,
youth
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