minor

1. Lesser, smaller in importance, size, degree, seriousness, or significance compared to another option, particularly

   of minor importance

   a minor poet

   of lesser seriousness or danger

2. Lesser, smaller in importance, size, degree, seriousness, or significance compared to another option

   Underage, not having reached legal majority.

   The defendant resides at 123 Fake Street with his partner and two minor children.

   not of legal age

3. (figuratively, sometimes)Not serious, not involving risk of death, permanent injury, dangerous surgery, or extended hospitalization.

   She suffered a minor injury.

   There was minor bruising.

4. Smaller by a diatonic semitone than the equivalent major interval.

   The musical interval between C and E♭ is a minor third while C to E is a major third.

   ма́лыйmályj

5. Incorporating a minor third interval above the (in scales) tonic or (in chords) root note, (also figurative) tending to produce a dark, discordant, sad, or pensive effect.

   Beethoven's melancholy Moonlight Sonata is scored in the key of C# minor, using the diatonic scale C♯, D♯, E, F♯, G♯, A, and B, but modulates throughout.

   moll

   мино́рныйminórnyj

6. (Canada, US)Of or related to a minor, a secondary area of undergraduate study.

   The minor requirements only involve about 20 hours of classes.

7. Of or related to a minor, a determinate obtained by deleting one or more rows and columns from a matrix.

8. Acting as the subject of the second premise of a categorical syllogism, which then also acts as the subject of its conclusion.

   The minor term of John Stuart Mill's famous syllogism—usually mistakenly credited to Aristotle—is Socrates; the major term is mortal.

9. (UK, dated)The younger of two pupils (or the middle of three) with the same surname.

   of the younger of two boys with the same family name

10. (historical)Of or related to the relationship between the longa and the breve in a score.

11. (historical)Having semibreves twice as long as a minim.

12. Having little worth or ability; paltry; mean.

1. Tom is a minor.

   Том неповнолітній.

   ruТом несовершеннолетний.

   deTom ist minderjährig.

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2. Tom isn't a minor.

   Том не неповнолітній.

   ruТом не несовершеннолетний.

   deTom ist nicht minderjährig.

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3. The law prohibits minors from smoking.

   Закон забороняє курити особам, що не досягли зрілого віку.

   ruЗакон запрещает несовершеннолетним курить.

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4. I'm a minor.

   Я неповнолітній.

   ruЯ несовершеннолетний.

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5. Tom received minor injuries.

   Том отримав незначні пошкодження.

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