Minor may refer to: *

Minor (law) In law, a minor is someone under a certain age, usually the age of majority, which demarcates an underage individual from legal adulthood. The age of majority depends upon jurisdiction and application, but it is commonly 18. ''Minor'' may al ...

, a person under the age of certain legal activities. ** A person who has not reached the

age of majority The age of majority is the threshold of legal adulthood as recognized or declared in law. It is the moment when minors cease to be considered such and assume legal control over their persons, actions, and decisions, thus terminating the contr ...

Academic minor {{Unreferenced, date=May 2019 An academic minor is a college or university student's declared secondary academic discipline during their undergraduate studies. As with a major, the college or university in question lays out a framework of requir ...

, a secondary field of study in undergraduate education

Music theory

Minor chord In music theory, a minor chord is a chord that has a root, a minor third, and a perfect fifth. When a chord comprises only these three notes, it is called a minor triad. For example, the minor triad built on C, called a C minor triad, has pi ...

** Barbershop seventh chord or minor seventh chord *

Minor interval In music theory, an interval is a difference in pitch between two sounds. An interval may be described as horizontal, linear, or melodic if it refers to successively sounding tones, such as two adjacent pitches in a melody, and vertical or ha ...

Minor key In Western music, the adjectives major and minor may describe a chord, scale, or key. As such, composition, movement, section, or phrase may be referred to by its key, including whether that key is major or minor. Intervals Some intervals ...

Minor scale In music theory, the minor scale is three scale patterns – the natural minor scale (or Aeolian mode), the harmonic minor scale, and the melodic minor scale (ascending or descending) – rather than just two as with the major scale, which ...

Mathematics

* Minor (graph theory), the relation of one graph to another given certain conditions *

Minor (linear algebra) In linear algebra, a minor of a matrix A is the determinant of some smaller square matrix, cut down from A by removing one or more of its rows and columns. Minors obtained by removing just one row and one column from square matrices (first minors ...

, the determinant of a certain submatrix

People

Charles Minor ''For the character on the US TV series'' The Office'', see Charles Miner.'' Charles Landon Carter Minor (December 3, 1835 – July 13, 1903) was the first president of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (now known as Virginia Tec ...

(1835–1903), American college administrator * Charles A. Minor (21st-century), Liberian diplomat * Dan Minor (1909–1982), American jazz trombonist * Dave Minor (1922–1998), American basketball player *

James T. Minor James T. Minor is a US academic administrator and sociologist. He currently serves as the Chancellor oSouthern Illinois University Edwardsville He took office on March 1, 2022. Minor was appointed Assistant Vice Chancellor and Senior Strategist in ...

, US academic administrator and sociologist * Jerry Minor (born 1969), American actor, comedian and writer *

Kyle Minor Kyle Minor (born 1976) is an American writer. Born and raised in West Palm Beach, Florida, Minor lived in Ohio and Kentucky before settling in Indiana. He studied writing at Ohio State University, where he was a three-time honoree in ''The Atlantic ...

(born 1976), American writer *

Mike Minor (actor) Michael Fedderson (December 7, 1940 – January 28, 2016), known as Mike Minor, was an American actor best known for his role as Steve Elliott on ''Petticoat Junction'' (1966–1970). Early life Minor was born on December 7, 1940, in San Francis ...

(born 1940), American actor * Mike Minor (baseball) (born 1987), American baseball pitcher * Solomon Zalkind Minor (1826/7–1900), Lithuanian-Russian rabbi and writer * William Chester Minor (1834–1920), American contributor to the ''Oxford English Dictionary''

Places

Minor, Alabama Minor is a census-designated place (CDP) in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. It is located north of the Birmingham suburb, Pleasant Grove and has a population of 1,094 (2010 census). Minor was damaged by an F5 tornado on April 8, 1998, ...

, United States *

Asia Minor Anatolia, tr, Anadolu Yarımadası), and the Anatolian plateau, also known as Asia Minor, is a large peninsula in Western Asia and the westernmost protrusion of the Asian continent. It constitutes the major part of modern-day Turkey. The re ...

, the westernmost region of Asia *

Minor Creek (California) Minor Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of California California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous ...

Minor Creek (Missouri) Minor Creek is a stream in Iron County in the U.S. state of Missouri Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee): Iowa t ...

Sports

Minor league Minor leagues are professional sports leagues which are not regarded as the premier leagues in those sports. Minor league teams tend to play in smaller, less elaborate venues, often competing in smaller cities/markets. This term is used in No ...

, a sports league not regarded as a premier league ** Minor League Baseball or "the minors", the North American professional baseball leagues affiliated to but below Major League Baseball *

Minor penalty A penalty in ice hockey is a punishment for an infringement of the rules. Most penalties are enforced by sending the offending player to a penalty box for a set number of minutes. During the penalty the player may not participate in play. Penalti ...

in ice hockey

Vehicles

Morris Minor The Morris Minor is a British economy family car that made its debut at the Earls Court Motor Show, London, in October 1948. Designed under the leadership of Alec Issigonis, more than 1.6 million were manufactured between 1948 and 1972 in ...

, a British automobile brand *

Jawa Minor () is a motorcycle and moped manufacturer founded in Prague, Czechoslovakia in 1929 by František Janeček,Jawa ...

, a Czech automobile introduced 1937 *

Aero Minor The Aero Minor is a Czechoslovakia automobile that was manufactured by Aero from 1946 until 1952. It was designed by Jawa Motors engineers on their previous Jawa Minor design; they worked on it secretly during the German occupation of Czechoslov ...

, a Czech automobile from Jawa Motors, 1946–1952

Other uses

* Minor, a chocolate brand owned by Maestrani * Minor suit or minors in contract bridge, namely clubs and diamonds * Minor Theater in Arcata, California, United States * ''

Minor v. Happersett ''Minor v. Happersett'', 88 U.S. (21 Wall.) 162 (1875), is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that, while women are no less citizens than men are, citizenship does not confer a right to vote, and therefore state laws barri ...

'', a case appealed to the US Supreme Court concerning the right to vote

Plays

* The Minor (Foote play), 1760 * The Minor (Fonvizin play), 1782

Distinguish from

Miner A miner is a person who extracts ore, coal, chalk, clay, or other minerals from the earth through mining. There are two senses in which the term is used. In its narrowest sense, a miner is someone who works at the rock face; cutting, blasting ...

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