Definizione monolingua

minor

minor (third-person singular simple present minors, present participle minoring, simple past and past participle minored)

1. To choose or have an area of secondary concentration as a student in a college or university.
   • I had so many credit hours of English, I decided to minor in it.

minor (plural minors)

1. A person who is below the legal age of responsibility or accountability.

   It is illegal to sell weapons to minors under the age of eighteen.

2. A subject area of secondary concentration of a student at a college or university, or the student who has chosen such a secondary concentration.
   • I had so many credit hours of English, it became my minor.
   • I became an English minor.
3. (mathematics) determinant of a square submatrix

minor (comparative more minor, superlative most minor)

1. Of little significance or importance.

   The physical appearance of a candidate is a minor factor in recruitment.

   • 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page viii

     There is now such an immense ""microliterature"" on hepatics that, beyond a certain point I have given up trying to integrate (and evaluate) every minor paper published—especially narrowly floristic papers.

2. (music) Of a musical scale in which some notes are sounded flat.

   a minor scale.

Definizione dizionario minor

	minore
	of little importance
	musical scale
	someone below the legal age
	A person who is too young to be considered legally competent according to the laws of a jurisdiction.

accidentale

incidentale

insignificante

minorenne

secondario

Altri significati:

Of little significance or importance.

(mathematics) determinant of a square submatrix

subject of secondary concentration

choose an area of secondary concentration

A person who is below the legal age of responsibility or accountability.

To choose or have an area of secondary concentration as a student in a college or university.

A subject area of secondary concentration of a student at a college or university, or the student who has chosen such a secondary concentration.

(music) Of a musical scale in which some notes are sounded flat.