minor
Definition of minor
mi´nor Pronunciation: mī´nẽr | a. | 1. | | | 1. | Inferior in bulk, degree, importance, etc.; less; smaller; of little account; as, minor divisions of a body. | | 2. | (Mus.) Less by a semitone in interval or difference of pitch; as, a minor third. | | 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. | | 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. | | 3. | A Minorite; a Franciscan friar. |
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