minor
Kelime Anlamı :
1. küçük.
2. ikincil.
3. ergin olmayan kimse.
4. ikinci derecede olan.
5. üniversitede ikinci branş.
6. yardımcı.
7. küçük çaplı.
8. daha önemsiz.
9. daha az.
10. ergin olmayan çocuk.
Sahne Örnekleri :
Tanımlar :
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 relating to or being a minor scale.
9. music less in distance by a half step than the corresponding major interval.
10. music based on a minor scale: a minor key.
11. one that is lesser in comparison with others of the same class.
12. law one who has not reached full legal age.
13. A secondary area of specialized academic study, requiring fewer courses or credits than a major.
14. one studying in a secondary area of specialization: she is a physics minor.
15. logic A minor premise.
16. logic A minor term.
17. music A minor key, scale, or interval.
18. sports the minor leagues of a sport, especially baseball.
19. to pursue academic studies in a minor field: minored in music.
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 relating to or being a minor scale.
9. music less in distance by a half step than the corresponding major interval.
10. music based on a minor scale: a minor key.
11. one that is lesser in comparison with others of the same class.
12. law one who has not reached full legal age.
13. A secondary area of specialized academic study, requiring fewer courses or credits than a major.
14. one studying in a secondary area of specialization: she is a physics minor.
15. logic A minor premise.
16. logic A minor term.
17. music A minor key, scale, or interval.
18. sports the minor leagues of a sport, especially baseball.
19. to pursue academic studies in a minor field: minored in music.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1.
of little significance or importance.
2. of a scale which has lowered scale degrees three, six, and seven relative to major, but with the sixth and seventh not always lowered
3. being the smaller of the two intervals denoted by the same ordinal number
4. A person who is below the legal age of responsibility or accountability.
5. A subject area of secondary concentration of a student at a college or university, or the student who has chosen such a secondary concentration.
6. determinant of a square submatrix
7. to choose or have an area of secondary concentration as a student in a college or university.
2. of a scale which has lowered scale degrees three, six, and seven relative to major, but with the sixth and seventh not always lowered
3. being the smaller of the two intervals denoted by the same ordinal number
4. A person who is below the legal age of responsibility or accountability.
5. A subject area of secondary concentration of a student at a college or university, or the student who has chosen such a secondary concentration.
6. determinant of a square submatrix
7. to choose or have an area of secondary concentration as a student in a college or university.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
1.
inferior in bulk, degree, importance, etc.; less; smaller; of little account.
2. less by a semitone in interval or difference of pitch.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. A Minorite; a franciscan friar.
2. less by a semitone in interval or difference of pitch.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. A Minorite; a franciscan friar.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
1.
smaller (than the other); less; lesser: applied definitively to one of two units or parts, and opposed to major or greater: as, the minor axis of an ellipse: the minor premise of a syllogism; the minor part of an estate.
2. smaller than others; of inferior rank or degree; lower; hence, small; inconsiderable; not capital, serious, or weighty: as, the minor officers of government; a minor canon; the minor points of an argument; minor faults or considerations.
3. under age.
4. in music: of intervals, less; shorter; smaller (as compared with major intervals).
5. of tonalities and scales, characterized by a minor third and also usually by a minor sixth, and often a minor seventh: opposed to major. see key, tonality, scale
6. of triads and chords generally, characterized by a minor third between the lowest and the next to the lowest tones: opposed to major. see triad, and chord
7. of modes, characterized by the use of a minor tonality and of minor cadences: as, the piece is written throughout in the minor mode: opposed to major. see major
8. A person of either sex who is under age; one who is of less than the legal age for the performance of certain acts; one under the authority of parents or guardians, because of not having reached the age at which the law permits one to make contracts and manage one's own property; an infant in the legal sense
9. in logic, the minor term, or the minor premise. see I.
10. in music, the minor mode or a minor tonality or minor chord taken absolutely.
11. [capitalized] A franciscan friar; a Minorite: so called from a name of the franciscan order, Fratres Minores, or lesser brethren. also called friar minor.
2. smaller than others; of inferior rank or degree; lower; hence, small; inconsiderable; not capital, serious, or weighty: as, the minor officers of government; a minor canon; the minor points of an argument; minor faults or considerations.
3. under age.
4. in music: of intervals, less; shorter; smaller (as compared with major intervals).
5. of tonalities and scales, characterized by a minor third and also usually by a minor sixth, and often a minor seventh: opposed to major. see key, tonality, scale
6. of triads and chords generally, characterized by a minor third between the lowest and the next to the lowest tones: opposed to major. see triad, and chord
7. of modes, characterized by the use of a minor tonality and of minor cadences: as, the piece is written throughout in the minor mode: opposed to major. see major
8. A person of either sex who is under age; one who is of less than the legal age for the performance of certain acts; one under the authority of parents or guardians, because of not having reached the age at which the law permits one to make contracts and manage one's own property; an infant in the legal sense
9. in logic, the minor term, or the minor premise. see I.
10. in music, the minor mode or a minor tonality or minor chord taken absolutely.
11. [capitalized] A franciscan friar; a Minorite: so called from a name of the franciscan order, Fratres Minores, or lesser brethren. also called friar minor.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
1.
warranting only temporal punishment
2. limited in size or scope
3. of lesser importance or stature or rank
4. of a scale or mode
5. lesser in scope or effect
6. not of legal age
7. of lesser seriousness or danger
8. a young person of either sex
9. of the younger of two boys with the same family name
10. of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization
11. inferior in number or size or amount
2. limited in size or scope
3. of lesser importance or stature or rank
4. of a scale or mode
5. lesser in scope or effect
6. not of legal age
7. of lesser seriousness or danger
8. a young person of either sex
9. of the younger of two boys with the same family name
10. of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization
11. inferior in number or size or amount
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.