Nhỏ hơn, không quan trọng, thứ yếu

minor mistakes

những lỗi nhỏ

minor planet

hành tinh nhỏ

to play a minor part

đóng một vai thứ yếu, đóng một vai phụ

Em, bé (dùng trong trường hợp có hai anh em học cùng trường)

Smith minor

Xmít bé

(âm nhạc) thứ

minor interval

quãng thứ

Người vị thành niên

Đề tài phụ của một sinh viên

(âm nhạc) điệu thứ

( to minor in something) học cái gì như là một đề tài phụ

thứ cấp

thuộc số ít

bé

định thức con

complementary minor

định thức con bù

principal minor

định thức con chính

symmetrical minor

định thức con đối xứng

nhỏ

nhỏ hơn

phụ

người vị thành niên

nhỏ

thứ yếu

Adj.

Lesser, smaller, secondary, subordinate, subsidiary:The minor planets are bodies orbiting the sun in the asteroidbelt. 2 insignificant, obscure, inconsequential, unimportant,trifling, trivial, negligible, inconsiderable, slight, petty,paltry, small, Colloq small-time, one-horse, Brit two a penny,US minor-league, bush-league, penny-ante, two-bit, picayune: Itis a minor matter to me whether you stay or go. She is only aminor player in this game.

N.

Child, youngster, youth, stripling, teenager,adolescent, schoolboy, schoolgirl, boy, girl, lad, laddie, lass,lassie, Law ward, infant: At your age, you are still a minor inthe eyes of the law.

Adj., n., & v.

Adj.

Lesser or comparatively small in sizeor importance (minor poet; minor operation).

Mus. a (of ascale) having intervals of a semitone between the second andthird, fifth and sixth, and seventh and eighth degrees. b (ofan interval) less by a semitone than a major interval. c (of akey) based on a minor scale, tending to produce a melancholyeffect.

Brit. (in schools) indicating the younger of twochildren from the same family or the second to enter the school(usu. put after the name).

Logic a (of a term) occurring asthe subject of the conclusion of a categorical syllogism. b (ofa premiss) containing the minor term in a categorical syllogism.

N.

A person under the legal age limit or majority (nounaccompanied minors).

Mus. a minor key etc.

US astudent's subsidiary subject or course (cf. MAJOR).

Logic aminor term or premiss.

V.intr. (foll. by in) US (of astudent) undertake study in (a subject) as a subsidiary to amain subject.

In a minor key (of novels, events, people'slives, etc.) understated, uneventful. minor axis Geom. (of aconic) the axis perpendicular to the major axis. minor canon acleric who is not a member of the chapter, who assists in dailycathedral services. minor league US (in baseball, football,etc.) a league of professional clubs other than the majorleagues. minor orders see ORDER. minor piece Chess a bishop ora knight. minor planet an asteroid. minor prophet any of theprophets from Hosea to Malachi, whose surviving writings are notlengthy. minor suit Bridge diamonds or clubs. [L, = smaller,less, rel. to minuere lessen]