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n.
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.
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The state of being a minor, or under age.
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An asteroid, or minor planet, discovered by Olbers in 1807.
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A similar decoration in some styles of vaulting, the ribs of the vault giving off the minor bars of which the tracery is composed.
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Done, appointed by, or founded on, a testament, or will; as, a testamentary guardian of a minor, who may be appointed by the will of a father to act in that capacity until the child becomes of age.
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A Minorite; a Franciscan friar.
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A chord which includes the interval of a seventh whether major, minor, or diminished.
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A labiate shrub (Rosmarinus officinalis) with narrow grayish leaves, growing native in the southern part of France, Spain, and Italy, also in Asia Minor and in China. It has a fragrant smell, and a warm, pungent, bitterish taste. It is used in cookery, perfumery, etc., and is an emblem of fidelity or constancy.
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The smaller number; -- opposed to majority; as, the minority must be ruled by the majority.
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Subordinate action; a minor action incidental or subsidiary to the main story; an episode.
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Less by a semitone in interval or difference of pitch; as, a minor third.
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In inorganic nature, one of those forms in which a species may occur, which differ in minor characteristics of structure, color, purity of composition, etc.
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A minor or person under the care of a guardian; as, a ward in chancery.
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A syllogism with three conditional propositions, the major premises of which are disjunctively affirmed in the minor. See Dilemma.
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Inferior in bulk, degree, importance, etc.; less; smaller; of little account; as, minor divisions of a body.
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The lesser spotted woodpecker (Dryobates minor).
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The first ceremony used for devoting a person to the service of God and the church; the first degree of the clericate, given by a bishop, abbot, or cardinal priest, consisting in cutting off the hair from a circular space at the back of the head, with prayers and benedictions; hence, entrance or admission into minor orders.
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The graduated series of all the tones, ascending or descending, from the keynote to its octave; -- called also the gamut. It may be repeated through any number of octaves. See Chromatic scale, Diatonic scale, Major scale, and Minor scale, under Chromatic, Diatonic, Major, and Minor.
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Of or pertaining to Xanthus, an ancient town on Asia Minor; -- applied especially to certain marbles found near that place, and now in the British Museum.
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