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 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 contro ...

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 pit ...

** 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 * Minor scale

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 ** Bar ...

, the relation of one graph to another given certain conditions * Minor (linear algebra), 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 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 Darce ...

(1922–1998), American basketball player * James T. Minor, 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'', '' Brickl ...

(born 1969), American actor, comedian and writer * Kyle Minor (born 1976), American writer * Mike Minor (actor) (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 (1826/7–1900), Lithuanian-Russian rabbi and writer * William Chester Minor (1834–1920), American contributor to the ''Oxford English Dictionary''

Places

* Minor, Alabama, 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 (Missouri)

Sports

* Minor league, 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 in ice hockey

Vehicles

* Morris Minor, a British automobile brand * Jawa Minor, 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 Czechoslova ...

, 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 l ...

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) ''The Minor'' is a 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 was a satire on G ...

, 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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