minors

mi·nor  (mnr)

adj.

1. Lesser or smaller in amount, extent, or size.

2. Lesser in importance, rank, or stature: a minor politician.

3. Lesser in seriousness or danger: a minor injury.

4. Law Being under legal age; not yet a legal adult.

5. Chiefly British Relating to or being the younger or junior of two pupils with the same surname.

6. Of or relating to a secondary area of academic specialization.

7. Logic Dealing with a more restricted category.

8. Music

a. Relating to or being a minor scale.

b. Less in distance by a half step than the corresponding major interval.

c. Based on a minor scale: a minor key.

n.

1. One that is lesser in comparison with others of the same class.

2. Law One who has not reached full legal age.

3.

a. A secondary area of specialized academic study, requiring fewer courses or credits than a major.

b. One studying in a secondary area of specialization: She is a physics minor.

4. Logic

a. A minor premise.

b. A minor term.

5. Music A minor key, scale, or interval.

6. minors Sports The minor leagues of a sport, especially baseball.

intr.v. mi·nored, mi·nor·ing, mi·nors

To pursue academic studies in a minor field: minored in music.

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[Middle English, from Latin; see mei-² in Indo-European roots.]

Thesaurus

Noun

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minors - a league of teams that do not belong to a major league (especially baseball) bush league, minor league baseball, baseball game - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!" minor-league club, minor-league team - a team that plays in a minor league league, conference - an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members