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 (area), jurisdiction and application, but it is commonly 18 ...

, 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 required ...

, 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 pit ...

Barbershop seventh chord The harmonic seventh chord is a major triad plus the harmonic seventh interval (ratio of 7:4, about 968.826 centsBosanquet, Robert Holford Macdowall (1876). ''An elementary treatise on musical intervals and temperament'', pp. 41-42. Diapason P ...

or minor seventh chord *

Minor interval In music theory, an interval is a difference in pitch (music), 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 ...

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 may ...

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 also ...

Mathematics

Minor (graph theory) Minor may refer to: * Minor (law), a person under the age of certain legal activities. ** A person who has not reached the age of majority * Academic minor, a secondary field of study in undergraduate education Music theory *Minor chord ** Barb ...

, 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 Charles A. Minor (born July 3, 1942) is a former Liberian ambassador to the United States. Early life Charles A. Minor was born on July 3, 1942, in Sinoe County, Liberia. He was born to a Methodist pastor, E. B. Minor. Charles briefly attended ...

(21st-century), Liberian diplomat *

Dan Minor Dan "Slamfoot" Minor (August 10, 1909 – April 11, 1982) was an American jazz trombonist who featured in the bands of Count Basie, Cab Calloway and many others from the 1920s to the 1940s. Early life He was born in Dallas, Texas, and played ...

(1909–1982), American jazz trombonist *

Dave Minor Davage T. Minor (February 23, 1922 – March 14, 1998) was a player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played with the Baltimore Bullets before being traded along with Stan Miasek to the Milwaukee Hawks for Don Boven, Pete Darcey ...

(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 Jerome Charles Minor Jr. (born October 4, 1969) is an American actor, comedian and writer known for his comedic roles in numerous television programs such as ''Mr. Show'', ''Saturday Night Live'', ''Trigger Happy TV'', ''Delocated'', ''Brickleber ...

(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) Michael David Minor (born December 26, 1987) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He was drafted by the Atlanta Braves with the seventh overall pick in the 2009 MLB draft. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) ...

(born 1987), American baseball pitcher *

Solomon Zalkind Minor Solomon Zalkind Minor (; 1826 or 1827 – January 21, 1900) was a Lithuanian-Russian rabbi and writer. Biography Solomon Zalkind Minor was born in Vilna in 1827. He received his elementary education from his father, Jekuthiel, a well-known Talmud ...

(1826/7–1900), Lithuanian-Russian rabbi and writer *

William Chester Minor William Chester Minor (also known as W. C. Minor; 22 June 1834 – 26 March 1920), was an American army surgeon, psychiatric-hospital patient, and lexicographical researcher. After serving in the Union Army during the American Civil War, Minor m ...

(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. Minor Creek is named after Isaac Minor. See also *List of rivers of California This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of California, grouped by region. Major lakes and reservoirs, if a ...

Minor Creek (Missouri) Minor Creek is a stream in Iron County in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of Big Creek. Routes 72 and 21 pass through the lower stream valley southwest of Ironton. Minor Creek passes through Royal Gorge just before it reaches its ...

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 Nor ...

, 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. Penaltie ...

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 th ...

, 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 Czechoslovak ...

, a Czech automobile from Jawa Motors, 1946–1952

Other uses

* Minor, a chocolate brand owned by

Maestrani Maestrani is a Swiss chocolate producer based in Flawil (St. Gallen). It was founded in 1852 in Lucerne by Aquilino Maestrani (1814 - 1880), a Ticinese chocolatier from Aquila. The company became prosperous after it was moved to St. Gallen in 18 ...

Minor suit In contract bridge the minor suits are diamonds () and clubs (). They are given that name because contracts made in those suits score less (20 per contracted trick) than contracts made in the major suits (30 per contracted trick), and they rank low ...

or minors in contract bridge, namely clubs and diamonds *

Minor Theater The Minor Theatre, located at 1001 H Street in Arcata, California, reopened under independent ownership in 2016. It is the second oldest movie theater in the United States to be built for that purpose. (The oldest movie theater in California is th ...

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) ''The Minor'' is a comedy (drama), comedy play by the British playwright Samuel Foote. It originally premiered at Dublin's Crow Street Theatre on 28 January 1760 and was first staged in London at the Haymarket Theatre on 28 July 1760. The play wa ...

, 1760 *

The Minor (Fonvizin play) ''The Minor'' (or Young ignoramus, Недоросль), is a 1782 play by Denis Fonvizin. Milton Ehre ''Gogol: Plays and Selected Writings'' 1980 - p xvi 0810111594 Fonvizin's The Minor (1782), besides being the best eighteenth-century Russian c ...

, 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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