Word Meanings - MINOR - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Less by a semitone in interval or difference of pitch; as, a minor third. Asia Minor , the Lesser Asia; that part of Asia which lies between the Euxine, or Black Sea, on the north, and the Mediterranean on the south. -- Minor mode , that mode,

Additional info about word: MINOR

Less by a semitone in interval or difference of pitch; as, a minor third. Asia Minor , the Lesser Asia; that part of Asia which lies between the Euxine, or Black Sea, on the north, and the Mediterranean on the south. -- Minor mode , that mode, or scale, in which the third and sixth are minor, -- much used for mournful and solemn subjects. -- Minor orders , the rank of persons employed in ecclesiastical offices who are not in holy orders, as doorkeepers, acolytes, etc. -- Minor scale The form of the minor scale is various. The strictly correct form has the third and sixth minor, with a semitone between the seventh and eighth, which involves an augmented second interval, or three semitones, between the sixth and seventh, as, 6/F, 7/G#, 8/A. But, for melodic purposes, both the sixth and the seventh are sometimes made major in the ascending, and minor in the descending, scale, thus: --See Major. -- Minor term of syllogism , the subject of the conclusion. (more info) small, G. minder less, OHG. minniro, a., min, adv., Icel. minni, a., minnr, adv., Goth. minniza, a., mins, adv., Ir. & Gael. min small, tender, L. minuere to lessen, Gr. mi to damage. Cf. Minish, Minister, 1. Inferior in bulk, degree, importance, etc.; less; smaller; of little account; as, minor divisions of a body.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of MINOR)

• Secondary
• Subordinate
• inferior
• minor
• unimportant
• resultant
• induced

Related words: (words related to MINOR)

• MINOR
  Less by a semitone in interval or difference of pitch; as, a minor third. Asia Minor , the Lesser Asia; that part of Asia which lies between the Euxine, or Black Sea, on the north, and the Mediterranean on the south. -- Minor mode , that mode,
• INDUCER
  One who, or that which, induces or incites.
• INFERIORLY
  In an inferior manner, or on the inferior part.
• INDUCTORIUM
  An induction coil.
• INDUCTANCE
  Capacity for induction; the coefficient of self-induction. The unit of inductance is the henry.
• MINORAT
  A custom or right, analogous to borough-English in England, formerly existing in various parts of Europe, and surviving in parts of Germany and Austria, by which certain entailed estates, as a homestead and adjacent land, descend to the youngest
• INDUCTION
  The act or process of reasoning from a part to a whole, from particulars to generals, or from the individual to the universal; also, the result or inference so reached. Induction is an inference drawn from all the particulars. Sir W. Hamilton.
• INDUCTIVE
  1. Leading or drawing; persuasive; tempting; -- usually followed by to. A brutish vice, Inductive mainly to the sin of Eve. Milton. 2. Tending to induce or cause. They may be . . . inductive of credibility. Sir M. Hale. 3. Leading to inferences;
• MINORATION
  A diminution. Sir T. Browne.
• INDUCTOMETER
  An instrument for measuring or ascertaining the degree or rate of electrical induction.
• INFERIORITY
  The state of being inferior; a lower state or condition; as, inferiority of rank, of talents, of age, of worth. A deep sense of our own great inferiority. Boyle.
• SUBORDINATE
  1. Placed in a lower order, class, or rank; holding a lower or inferior position. The several kinds and subordinate species of each are easily distinguished. Woodward. 2. Inferior in order, nature, dignity, power, importance, or the like. It was
• MINORATE
  To diminish. Sir T. Browne.
• INDUCTIONAL
  Pertaining to, or proceeding by, induction; inductive.
• INDUCTIVELY
  By induction or inference.
• MINORESS
  See A
• INDUCT
  Etym: 1. To bring in; to introduce; to usher in. The independent orator inducting himself without further ceremony into the pulpit. Sir W. Scott. 2. To introduce, as to a benefice or office; to put in actual possession of the temporal rights of
• INDUCTILITY
  The quality or state of being inductile.
• INDUCIBLE
  1. Capable of being induced, caused, or made to take place. 2. Obtainable by induction; derivable; inferable.
• INDUCTION GENERATOR
  A machine built as an induction motor and driven above synchronous speed, thus acting as an alternating-current generator; - - called also asynchronous generator. Below synchronism the machine takes in electrical energy and acts as an induction
• INSUBORDINATE
  Not submitting to authority; disobedient; rebellious; mutinous
• REINDUCE
  To induce again.
• ALLUMINOR
  An illuminator of manuscripts and books; a limner. Cowell.
• NOMINOR
  A nominator. Bentham.