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Look up: Minor

  1. minor
    Latin, meaning: smaller, less, slighter.
    Found on http://archives.nd.edu/mmm.htm

  2. Minor
    Minor is a CDP in Jefferson County Alabama, USA
    Found on http://fas.org/news/reference/probert/GJ

  3. Minor
    A type of key, chord or scale. Minor keys or scales are generally thought of as sadder than major keys, although the mood of a song also depends on many other elements, such as lyrics, rhythm and singing style. Examples of songs in a minor key include "Billie Jean" by Michael Jackson and "Money, Money, Money" by Abba.
    Found on http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/soldonsong/g

  4. minor
    [adj] - (theology) warranting only temporal punishment 2. [adj] - of lesser seriousness or danger 3. [adj] - of lesser importance or stature or rank 4. [adj] - of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization 5. [adj] - (music) of a scale or mode 6. [adj] - (law) not of legal age 7. [adj] - lesser in scope or effect 8. [adj] - inferior in number or size or amount 9. [adj] - limited in size or scope
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  5. Minor
    a person under 18 years of age.
    Found on http://www.willforms.co.uk/glossary.htm

  6. Minor
    chord with A minor third between The root and The third. scale with minor and perfect intervals
    Found on http://www.guitartools.co.uk/guitar_and_

  7. minor
    Legal term for those under the age of majority, which varies from country to country but is usually between 18 and 21. In the USA (from 1971 for voting, and in some states for nearly all other...
    Found on http://www.thehistorychannel.co.uk/site/

  8. Minor
    Minor: A minor is someone who is not yet an adult and, in a larger sense, it is something that is less than something else. For example, the teres minor muscle is smaller than the teres major muscle. In anatomy, wherever there is a minor, there is also a major. Minor also enters into the idea of a "locus minoris resistentiae", Latin meaning a place …
    Found on http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.

  9. minor
    canals taking off from distributaries and supplying water to subminors or outlets or turnouts Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • the smaller of the two axes of an ellipse Category: News-systems and communications • any of the lobes in the radiation directivity pattern of an antenna,except the major or front lobe Category: Electrical…
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  10. Minor
    Someone below 18 years of age and unable to sue or be sued without representation, other than for wages. A minor sues by a next friend and defends by a guardian
    Found on http://www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk/infoa

  11. Minor
    In England, a person under the age of 18. In Scotland, a person under 16.
    Found on http://www.lawpack.co.uk/legal_glossary_

  12. Minor
    Definition (keystage 3) Usually refers to the smallest of two or more things. For instance the minor axis of an ellipse is the smaller of its two axes.
    Found on http://thesaurus.maths.org/mmkb/entry.ht

  13. Minor
    Mi"nor (mī"nẽr) adjective [ Latin , a comparative with no positive; akin to Anglo-Saxon min small, German minder less, Old High German minniro , adjective , min , adverb , Icelandic minni , adjective , minnr , adverb , Goth. minniza , adjective , mins , adverb , Ir. & Gael. min small, tender, Latin minuere to les …
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/M/70

  14. Minor
    Mi"nor noun 1. A person of either sex who has not attained the age at which full civil rights are accorded; an infant; in England and the United States, one under twenty-one years of age. » In hereditary monarchies, the minority of a sovereign ends at an earlier age than of a subject. The minority of a sovereign of Great Britain ends upon the completion of the eighteenth year of his age. …
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/M/70

  15. minor
    1. Inferior in bulk, degree, importance, etc.; less; smaller; of little account; as, minor divisions of a body. ... 2. Less by a semitone in interval or difference of pitch; as, a minor third. ... <medicine> Asia Minor The form of the minor scale is various. The strictly correct form has the third and sixth minor, with a semitone between the se …
    Found on http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?m

  16. minor
    modest adjective limited in size or scope; `a small business`; `a newspaper with a modest circulation`; `small-scale plans`; `a pocket-size country`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  17. minor
    adjective warranting only temporal punishment; `venial sin`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  18. minor
    underage adjective not of legal age; `minor children`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  19. Miñor
    The `River Miñor` ( `Río Miñor`) is a river of Galicia, Spain. Category:Rivers of Galicia
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miñor

  20. Minor
    • (n.) A person of either sex who has not attained the age at which full civil rights are accorded; an infant; in England and the United States, one under twenty-one years of age. • (a.) Less by a semitone in interval or difference of pitch; as, a minor third. • (a.) Inferior in bulk, degree, importance, etc.; less; smaller; of littl...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  21. minor
    person below the legal age of majority or adulthood. The age of majority varies in different countries, and even in different jurisdictions within a ... [3 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/m/97

  22. minor
    Smaller; lesser; denoting the smaller of two similar structures. [L.]
    Found on

  23. Minor
    A secondary area of concentration.
    Found on http://www.uta.fi/FAST/US5/REF/glossary.

  24. Minor
    A child who is not old enough to have the legal capacity to govern his or her own affairs. Depending upon the specific state and the specific laws being applied, a minor is usually either under 21 years old or 18 years old.
    Found on http://www.diyestateplanning.com/estate-

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8 January 2009

This day in history:
Rationing began on 8 January 1940. Each person was allowed a specific mount of basic foods. In July 1940 a complete ban was put on the making or selling of iced cakes, and in September the manufacture of `candied peel` or `crystallised cherries` meant the death knell for the traditional wedding cake. On 1st December 1941 the Ministry of Food introduced the points rationing scheme for items such as canned meat, fish and vegetables at first. Everyone was given 16 points a month, later raised to twenty, to spend as wished at any shop that had the items wanted. read more

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