MINOR
/ˈmaɪnɚ/
7
Scrabble
9
WWF
M(3) I(1) N(1) O(1) R(1)
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Definition
/ˈmaɪnɚ/
noun
- A person who is below the age of majority, consent, criminal responsibility or other adult responsibilities and accountabilities.“It is illegal to sell weapons to minors under the age of eighteen.”
- A subject area of secondary concentration of a student at a college or university, or the student who has chosen such a secondary concentration.“I became an English minor.”
- Determinant of a square submatrix
verb
- To choose or have an area of secondary concentration as a student in a college or university.“I had so many credit hours of English, I decided to minor in it.”
adjective
- Of little significance or importance.“The physical appearance of a candidate is a minor factor in recruitment.”
- Of a scale which has lowered scale degrees three, six, and seven relative to major, but with the sixth and seventh not always lowered“a minor scale”
- Being the smaller of the two intervals denoted by the same ordinal number
Source: Wiktionary
Hooks
Back hooks: MINOR-S
