minor

Definitions of minor in various dictionaries:

noun - a young person of either sex

adj - of lesser importance or stature or rank

adj - lesser in scope or effect

adj - inferior in number or size or amount

adj - of a scale or mode

adj - not of legal age

adj - of lesser seriousness or danger

adj - of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization

adj - of the younger of two boys with the same family name

adj - warranting only temporal punishment

adj - limited in size or scope

Lesser or smaller in amount, extent, or size.

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

Lesser in seriousness or danger: a minor injury.

Being under legal age; not yet a legal adult.

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

Of or relating to a secondary area of academic specialization.

Dealing with a more restricted category.

Music.

Relating to or being a minor scale.

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

Based on a minor scale: a minor key.

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

One who has not reached full legal age.

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

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

Logic.

A minor premise.

A minor term.

A minor key, scale, or interval.

verb - to pursue a specific subordinate course of study