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Minor means "not important", and in Latin "smaller". It may also may refer to:
Mathematics
- Minor (linear algebra), for a given matrix, its minor is the determinant of a certain smaller matrix
- Minor (graph theory),
Music
- Major and minor, general discussion
- Minor scale
- Minor chord
- specific intervals, such as minor third
- Minor, a class of methods for Change ringing
People
Roman children repeated the names of the parents or the elder siblings, and minor refers to the next one.
- Agrippina Minor, mother of Emperor Nero, named after her mother Agrippina Maior.
- Antonia Minor, daughter of Mark Antony, named after her older sister Antonia Major.
- Octavia Minor, wife of Mark Antony and sister of Emperor Augustus, named after her sister Octavia Major.
Sports
- Minor leagues, sports leagues which are not regarded as the premier leagues
- Minor league baseball, North American professional baseball leagues that compete at a level below that of Major League
Other uses
- Minor (law), the legal term for a child
- A secondary focus of a Bachelor's degree, the primary focus being an academic major
- Morris Minor, a classic British post-war car design
- Jawa Minor, Aero Minor, classic Czech car models developed and produced by Jawa Motors between 1933 and 1951
- William Chester Minor, 19th century American contributor to the Oxford English Dictionary
- Minor, Alabama, a community in the United States
- Minor Theater, an original 1913 feature movie theater building still functioning as a theater in Arcata, California
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