minor

English - Turkish

Definition of minor in English Turkish dictionary

{i} küçük

Bu sadece küçük bir başarısızlık. - It's only a minor setback.

Bir avukatın zor bir durumda küçük konularda bile her taşın altına bakması ve aynı konuda sonuca ulaşmak için ısrarla belirtmesi önemlidir. - It is important that a lawyer should leave no stone unturned even on minor points and harp on the same subject to achieve a break through in an impasse.

{s} ikincil

yardımcı

{i} üniversitede ikinci branş

ikinci derecede olan

(İnşaat) azınlık

Keşke Tatoeba'da daha fazla azınlık dilleri olsa. - I wish there were more minority languages in Tatoeba.

Küçük ama sesli bir azınlık, toplantının kesilmesine yol açtı. - A small, but vocal minority, disrupted the meeting.

ufak

Sergi ufak bir skandala neden oldu. - The exhibition caused a minor scandal.

Tom ufak bir kazaya karıştı. - Tom was involved in a minor accident.

(Ticaret) daha önemsiz

(Bilgisayar) altbelirten

küçümen

(Kanun) rüşte ermemiş

Bu önemsiz bir detay. - That's a minor detail.

Denemen kötü değildi ama birkaç önemsiz ayrıntım var. - Your essay was not bad but I have a few minor niggles.

üniversitede ikinci branşa ait

kücük

rüştünü ispat etmemiş kimse

rüştünü ispat etmemiş

{s} reşit olmayan

Almanya'da 18 yaşından küçükseniz reşit olmayan bir kimsesinizdir. - In Germany you're a minor if you're younger than 18 years old.

Reşit olmayanlar buraya giremez. - Minors can't come in here.

önemi az

{i} (üniversitede) yardımcı branş. 3

(Tıp) Küçük (Parvus'un komparatif şekli), minoris

azınlığa ait

{s} ikinci derecede

{i} reşit olmayan kimse

Tom'un çalıştığı bar reşit olmayan kimselere alkollü içki sattığı için ruhsatını kaybetti. - The bar where Tom works lost its license because they had been selling alcoholic drinks to minors.

küçük, önemsiz ikincil

{s} müz. minör

Kadınlar bir azınlık değildir. - Women are not a minority.

Küçük ama sesli bir azınlık, toplantının kesilmesine yol açtı. - A small, but vocal minority, disrupted the meeting.

minor party

(Politika, Siyaset) azınlık partisi

(Tıp) küçük değişiklik

(Bilgisayar) Alt sürüm, ikincil sürüm

minor ınjury

Hayatı önem arzetmeyen, küçük yaralanma

minor activity

(Askeri) TALİ FAALİYET: Bir tesisin içinde veya dışında bulunabilen levazım askeri yiyecek mağazaları (sales commissaries) veya ordudonatım atölyeleri (ordnance shops) gibi, yaptığı iş bakımından, esas faaliyete kıyasla küçük olan faaliyetler

minor asian

küçük asyalı

minor axis ol ellipse

elipsin küçük çapı

minor axis ol ellipse

elipsin küçük ekseni

minor bend

(Fizik) küçük dirsek

minor coin

(Ticaret) madeni para

minor collections

azınlık koleksiyonları

minor control

(Askeri) KÜÇÜK NİRENGİ: Bak. "Photogrammetric control"

minor control

(Askeri) küçük nirengi

minor damage

(Ticaret) önemsiz hasar

minor difference

küçük fark

minor exchange

(Elektrik, Elektronik,Teknik) tali telefon santralı

minor faults

küçük arızalar

minor font

(Bilgisayar) ikincil yazı tipi

minor grid lines

İkincil Kılavuz Çizgileri

minor gridlines

(Bilgisayar) ikincil kılavuz çizgileri

minor in

ikinci branş olarak almak

minor innovation

(Ticaret) ikinci derecede yenilik

minor joint exercise

(Askeri) küçük müşterek tatbikat

minor joint exercises

(Askeri) KÜÇÜK MÜŞTEREK TATBİKAT: Bak. "joint exercise"

minor league

spor ikinci lig

minor matrix

(Matematik) minör matris

minor matrix

(Bilgisayar,Matematik) küçümen matris

minor matrix

kucumen matris

minor matrix

(Matematik) küçümen dizey

minor medical assemblage

(Askeri) MÜTEFERRİK SEFERİ SIHHİ MALZEME GRUBU: Denizaşırı sevkiyat kodları tahsis edilmiş, kutu ve sandık gibi sıhhi ikmal maddeleri ve teçhizat topluluğu

minor offense

hafif suç

minor port

(Askeri) KÜÇÜK LİMAN: Yalnızca kıyı tekneleri ve layterlerden yük boşaltacak tesisleri bulunan bir liman. Ayrıca bakınız: "port"

minor port

(Askeri) küçük liman

minor premise

man. küçük terim

minor premiss

(Felsefe) küçük önerme

minor principal stress

minimum asal gerilme

minor repair

(Askeri) KÜÇÜK ONARIM: Genel olarak, büyük sökme işleri yapılmadan, malzemenin kısa zamanda tekrar çalışır duruma gelmesine imkan veren, bir iki alet kullanmak suretiyle ve pek az malzeme ile hiç malzemeye lüzum kalmadan yapılabilen ve genellikle, malzemenin, onarım için geri kademelere gönderilmesini gerektirmeyen onarım işleri

minor repair

(Askeri) küçük onarım

minor repair

(Askeri) küçük tamirat

(Muzik) minör gam

minor secondary item

(Askeri) İKİNCİ DERECE TALİ MADDE: Birinci derecede madde veya ikinci derecede ana madde olarak sınıflandırılmış bir madde

minor secondary item

(Askeri) ikinci derece madde

minor sentence

(Dilbilim) ikincil tümce

minor tactics

(Askeri) KÜÇÜK TAKTİK: Ufak kuvvetlerin veya yalnız bir sınıftan teşekkül eden kuvvetlerin taktiği

minor tactics

(Askeri) küçük taktik

minor term

man. küçük terim

minor tranquillizers

(Pisikoloji, Ruhbilim) hafif trankilizanlar

minor unit

İkincil Birim

minor work project

(Askeri) dar kapsamlı iş projeleri

{i} azlık

{i} reşit olmama

küçükaslan takımyıldızı

Etnik azınlıklara karşı hoşgörülü müsünüz? - Are you tolerant towards ethnic minorities?

Ben etnik ve dini azınlıklar hakkında yazmaya çalışacağım. - I'll try to write about ethnic and religious minorities.

tool minor cutting edge angle

(Mühendislik) yan bileme acısı

undergraduate minor program

Yan dal programı: Üniversitelerde uygulanan, lisans eğitimini tamamlarken aynı zamanda başka bölümden ders alıp, o bölümüle ilgili sertifikaya sahip olmanız

Yan dal eğitimimi eczacılık fakültesinde tamamladım.

Ursa Minor

küçükayı [astr.]

justo minor

(Tıp) Normalden veya mutatdan küçük

major and minor caruncles

(Anatomi) büyük ve küçük etçikler

principal minor

asal altbelirten

principal minor

(Matematik) esas minör

the minor prophets

son oniki yazar (İncil)

undergraduate minor

(Eğitim) yan alan

Turkish - Turkish

Definition of minor in Turkish Turkish dictionary
MİNOR: (Hukuk) Küçük

English - English

Definition of minor in English English dictionary: A subject area of secondary concentration of a student at a college or university, or the student who has chosen such a secondary concentration; : Of a musical scale in which some notes are sounded flat; determinant of a square submatrix; To choose or have an area of secondary concentration as a student in a college or university; A person who is below the legal age of responsibility or accountability; Of little significance or importance
There is now such an immense microliterature on hepatics that, beyond a certain point I have given up trying to integrate (and evaluate) every minor paper published—especially narrowly floristic papers.; not of legal age; "minor children"; {a} less, small, petty, inconsiderable; {n} one under age, the second proposition, a beautiful bird of the East Indies; If a student at a university or college in the United States minors in a particular subject, they study it in addition to their main subject. I'm minoring in computer science. major; limited in size or scope; "a small business"; "a newspaper with a modest circulation"; "small-scale plans"; "a pocket-size country"; A group of courses often related to but different from a student's major field of study Not all schools require a minor, even if they require students to choose a major; A secondary field of studies outside of the major field Some degree programs require a minor; A minor is a person who is still legally a child. In Britain and most states in the United States, people are minors until they reach the age of eighteen. The approach has virtually ended cigarette sales to minors; An officially-recognized secondary concentration of study in an approved subject area, consisting of at least 15 credits of appropriate course work; warranting only temporal punishment; "venial sin; A group of courses often related to but different from a student's major field of study Not all universities and colleges require a minor, even if they require students to choose a major; Less by a semitone in interval or difference of pitch; as, a minor third; of lesser importance or stature or rank; "a minor poet"; "had a minor part in the play"; "a minor official"; "many of these hardy adventurers were minor noblemen"; "minor back roads"; {s} lesser in size, small; secondary; subordinate; junior; under legal age; insignificant, unimportant; minor scale (Music); not serious (of an illness); of lesser seriousness or danger; "suffered only minor injuries"; "some minor flooding"; "a minor tropical disturbance"; Inferior in bulk, degree, importance, etc; At a university or college in the United States, if a student is, for example, a geology minor, they are studying geology as well as their main subject. major; limited in size or scope; "a small business"; "a newspaper with a modest circulation"; "small-scale plans"; "a pocket-size country" inferior in number or size or amount; "a minor share of the profits"; "Ursa Minor" lesser in scope or effect; "had minor differences"; "a minor disturbance" not of legal age; "minor children" of a scale or mode; "the minor keys"; "in B flat minor" of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization of lesser importance or stature or rank; "a minor poet"; "had a minor part in the play"; "a minor official"; "many of these hardy adventurers were minor noblemen"; "minor back roads" of lesser seriousness or danger; "suffered only minor injuries"; "some minor flooding"; "a minor tropical disturbance" warranting only temporal punishment; "venial sin; of the younger of two boys with the same family name; "Jones minor"; of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization of lesser importance or stature or rank; "a minor poet"; "had a minor part in the play"; "a minor official"; "many of these hardy adventurers were minor noblemen"; "minor back roads"; A Minorite; a Franciscan friar; A minor illness or operation is not likely to be dangerous to someone's life or health. Sarah had been plagued continually by a series of minor illnesses His mother had to go to the hospital for minor surgery. major; A secondary area of study that is earned in addition to a major and involves fewer credit hours See the University of Colorado at Boulder Catalog for colleges and schools offering minors; of a scale or mode; "the minor keys"; "in B flat minor"; a secondary or supplementary field of study; usually requires 21-24 semester hours of coursework; The minor is a secondary field of study requiring fewer units than the major; any person under the age of majority; lesser in scope or effect; "had minor differences"; "a minor disturbance"; A person who has not yet reached the age of 20 and has not legally married; of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization; The State Board of Education defines a minor as a body of course-work that pertains to a secondary area of academia or specialization The course-work usually amounts to between 15 and 25 percent of the total degree requirements; warranting only temporal punishment; "venial sin"; At a university or college in the United States, a student's minor is a subject that they are studying in addition to their main subject, or major. major; Of a musical scale in which some notes are sounded flat; A program of courses in addition to the major in which students must complete A minor requires at least 20 semester credits of instruction in specified courses; a student's secondary area of study Some curricula do not require the completion of a minor; less; smaller; of little account; as, minor divisions of a body; â€¢ That part of a degree program consisting of a specified group of courses in a particular discipline or field The minor usually consists of 15 percent or more of the total hours required in an undergraduate curriculum Establishment of a minor does not require prior approval by the Board of Regents; A person under the age of legal competence; inferior in number or size or amount; "a minor share of the profits"; "Ursa Minor"; A person under the age of being legally capable of transacting business on his own behalf; {i} youth who is not of legal voting age; secondary area of study in a college degree; A person under the age of 18 years (See Juvenile); The designation for certain intervals and scales A key based on a minor scale is called a minor key The three types of minor scales include natural, hormonic, and melodic, which is used infrequently in choral music The patterns for natural and harmonic scales are: natural: whole half whole whole half whole whole step step step step step step step harmonic: whole half whole whole whole 1-1/2 half step step step step step steps step; Person who is not old enough to be an adult under state law The age varies by state When drafting a certain trusts consideration should be given to limiting the remainder beneficiaries solely to the adult children of the Grantor If the trust had to modified or changed, having only adult children (e g , excluding the common bequest to issue of a deceased child, or heir), and instead providing that in the event a child died prior to the end of the Trust term, the deceased child's siblings would inherit; 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; The minor term, that is, the subject of the conclusion; also, the minor premise, that is, that premise which contains the minor term; in hypothetical syllogisms, the categorical premise; You use minor when you want to describe something that is less important, serious, or significant than other things in a group or situation. She is known in Italy for a number of minor roles in films Western officials say the problem is minor, and should be quickly overcome. major; an area of academic study requiring fewer courses than a major A major is required for a baccalaureate degree; a minor is not required, but may be an option; A person who is too young to be considered legally competent according to the laws of the jurisdiction; A subject in which the student takes the second greatest concentration of courses; a young person of either sex; "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngsters"; In European music, a minor scale is one in which the third note is three semitones higher than the first. the unfinished sonata movement in F minor. major; It is the second proposition of a regular syllogism, as in the following: Every act of injustice partakes of meanness; to take money from another by gaming is an act of injustice; therefore, the taking of money from another by gaming partakes of meanness; an optional course of study chosen in addition to a major consisting of 15-18 specified semester hours in an area of study different from the student's major Minors are approved by the Board of Regents; A person under the age of 18 years; a person under legal age; historically, the legal age differed from place to place and over time (Check prevailing law to determine the legal age requirement at a specific time ); An infant or person who is under the age of legal competence A term derived from the civil law, which described a person under a certain age as less than so many years In most states, a person is no longer a minor after reaching the age of 18 (though state laws might still prohibit certain acts until reaching a greater age; e g purchase of liquor)
minor chord: Any musical chord which has a minor third, as opposed to a major third, above its root, especially a minor triad
minor diameter: The innermost diameter of a cylindrical, circular, or helical feature, such as a screw thread, gear teeth, etc
minor key: A musical key based upon a minor scale
minor league: An association of sports teams that plays at a level below the major leagues of a sport
minor league: Having a quality less than the best possible
minor ninth: A musical interval of the Western twelve-semitone system consisting of thirteen semitones and spanning eight degrees of the diatonic scale. It is one semitone narrower than a major ninth and enharmonically equivalent to an augmented octave
minor planet: Those planets smaller than Earth, specifically Mercury, Venus, Mars, and Pluto."Minor planet." McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms. McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 2003. Answers.com 04 Oct. 2009. http: //www.answers.com/topic/planetoid
minor planet: An asteroid which orbits the Sun and is larger than 10 meters in diameter but smaller than a dwarf planet
minor planets: plural form of minor planet
minor premise: In a categorical syllogism, the premise whose terms are the syllogism's minor term and middle term
minor premises: plural form of minor premise
minor scale: A diatonic scale based upon a relative major scale by changing its tonic note by three semitones
minor seventh: A musical interval of the Western twelve-semitone system consisting of ten semitones and spanning seven degrees of the diatonic scale. It is one semitone narrower than a major seventh and enharmonically equivalent to an augmented sixth
minor sevenths: plural form of minor seventh
minor sixth: A musical interval of the Western twelve-semitone system consisting of eight semitones and spanning six degrees of the diatonic scale. It is one semitone narrower than a major sixth and enharmonically equivalent to an augmented fifth
minor sixths: plural form of minor sixth
minor suit: Either of the suits of diamonds (♦) and clubs (♣), which rank lower than the major suits (spades and hearts)
minor third: A musical interval that spans two degrees of diatonic scale
minor thirds: plural form of minor third
minor-league: Of relatively minor importance
minor-league: Of or pertaining to a minor league
Minor Leagues: the groups of teams that form the lower levels of American professional baseball Major Leagues
Minor White: born July 9, 1908, Minneapolis, Minn., U.S died June 24, 1976, Cambridge, Mass. U.S. photographer and editor. He began to photograph seriously in 1938 when he went to work for the Works Progress Administration. In 1946 he studied with Edward Weston and Alfred Stieglitz before moving to San Francisco, where he worked closely with Ansel Adams. He succeeded Adams as head of the photography department at the California School of Fine Arts and later taught at MIT. He founded and edited (1952-76) the photography magazine Aperture and also edited Image (1953-57). His efforts to extend photography's range of expression made him one of the century's most influential photographers
minor axis: the shorter or shortest axis of an ellipse or ellipsoid
minor change: very small change, slight alteration
minor collision: fender bender, minor traffic accident
minor damage: small amount of damage, damage which is not severe
minor diameter: This is the diameter of an imaginary cylinder which just touches the roots of an external thread, or the crests of an internal thread
minor diameter: The smallest diameter of the thread of a screw or nut The term "minor diameter" replaces the term "core diameter" as applied to the thread of a screw and also the term "inside diameter" as applied to the thread of a nut
minor diameter: For an external thread, it is the thread's inside or smallest diameter
minor diameter: (n) A threading term referring to the smallest diameter on an internal or external thread
minor key: a key based on the minor scale
minor key: principal tone based on a minor scale (Music)
minor league: A league of professional sports clubs that are not in the major leagues but are usually owned by or affiliated with major-league teams
minor league: a league of teams that do not belong to a major league (especially baseball)
minor league: professional sports league ranked below the major league (usually for players beginning their professional sports careers)
minor leaguer: a player on a minor-league baseball team
minor offense: misdemeanor, crime which is not serious
minor order: One of the lower grades of the priesthood or ministry in some Christian churches, now consisting of lectors and acolytes in the Western church and of lectors and cantors in the Eastern. Often used in the plural
minor party: A political party whose electoral strength is so weak that it has little chance of gaining control of a government
minor premise: the premise of a syllogism that contains the minor term (which is the subject of the conclusion)
minor premise: The premise in a syllogism containing the minor term, which will form the subject of the conclusion
minor scale: n. Music A diatonic scale having a half step between the second and third degrees and any of several intervalic arrangements above the fifth
minor scale: A scale built on the sequence of an ascending pattern of whole step, half step, whole, whole, half, whole, whole
minor scale: A diatonic scale made up of eight notes, from the key note to its octave In ascending order, the sequence of intervals between the notes is as follows: tone-semitone-tone-tone-semitone-tone-tone The name of the scale is taken from the key note
minor scale: A scale with one to three notes lowered a semitone from the corresponding major scale
minor scale: a diatonic scale with notes separated by whole tones except for the 2nd and 3rd and 5th and 6th
minor scale: The sequence of the minor scale is tone-semitone-tone-tone-semitone-tone-tone See Scale
minor scale: A collection of seven different pitches ordered in the specific pattern of whole (W) steps and half (H) steps: W-H-W-W-W-H-W [Harmony]
minor scale: A generic reference to one of the three minor scales The third scale degree of all minor scales is a minor third Natural Minor Scale, Harmonic Minor Scale, Melodic Minor Scale
minor sport: secondary sport, sport which is not of primary importance
minor suit: ( bridge) a suit of inferior scoring value, either diamonds or clubs
minor suit: A suit of inferior scoring value, either clubs or diamonds in bridge
minor surgery: any surgical procedure that does not involve anesthesia or respiratory assistance
minor tactics: minor combat, paramilitary troops that work in small groups
minor tactics warfare: combat by paramilitary troops that work in small isolated groups
minor term: The term in a syllogism that is stated in the minor premise and forms the subject of the conclusion
minor term: the term in a syllogism that is the subject of the conclusion
minor tractates: {i} (Judaism) essays from the Tannaitic period or a later period that deals with themes about which no formal tractate exists in the Mishnah
minor tranquilizer: a tranquilizer used to relieve anxiety and reduce tension and irritability
minor transgression: {i} misdemeanor, crime which is not serious
minor(ip): of the younger of two boys with the same family name; "Jones minor
minor-league team: a team that plays in a minor league
A minor: The minor key with A as its tonic
A minor: The minor chord with a root of A
A-minor: the minor key with A as its tonic
A-minor: the minor chord with a root of A
Armenia Minor: Another name of Lesser Armenia
Asia Minor: A large peninsula, mostly coterminous with Anatolia, between the Mediterranean Sea, the Aegean Sea and the Black Sea; it makes up the Asian part of Turkey
Canis Minor: A small winter constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a dog following the hunter Orion. It is most notable for including the eighth brightest star in the night sky, Procyon
Leo Minor: A spring constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a small lion. It lies north of the constellation Leo and south of Ursa Major
Lithuania Minor: An ethnographic region of Lithuania, located in the west of the country, south-west of Samogitia
Order of Friars Minor: The Franciscans, a religious order of mendicant friars
United States minor outlying islands: Regions of the United States of America including: American Samoa, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Marshall Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands
Ursa Minor: A circumpolar constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a bear. It includes the familiar asterism the Little Dipper and, as part of it, the northern pole star Polaris
minority: Youth; period or condition of a person prior to reaching adulthood
minority: Empowered by or representing a minority (usually a plurality) of votes cast, legislative seats, &c.;, rather than an outright majority thereof
pectoralis minor: The muscle that covers the heart organ
minority: the smaller in number of two portions into which a number or a group is divided
minority: {n} the being under age, a less number
zygomaticus minor: A slender band of muscle on each side of the face that arises from the zygomatic bone, inserts into the upper lip between the zygomaticus major and the levator labii superioris, and acts to raise the upper lip upward and laterally
Asia Minor: peninsula in western Asia which includes much of Turkey
Asia Minor: A peninsula of western Asia between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. It is generally coterminous with Asian Turkey and is usually considered synonymous with Anatolia. the name for the main part of Turkey east of the Sea of Marmara, which is used especially when talking about the history and archaeology of this area Anatolia
C minor: minor scale based on the note of C (Music)
Canis Minor: A constellation in the equatorial region of the Southern Hemisphere near Hydra and Monoceros, containing the star Procyon
Canis Minor: southern constellation
Leo Minor: A constellation in the Northern Hemisphere near Leo and Ursa Major
Morris Minor: a type of small British car built by the Morris company from the 1950s to the 1970s. There were several types of Morris Minor, including the Morris Minor Traveller, an estate car, with a frame made out of wood. Morris Minors have a simple, old-fashioned design and are not very fast. They are very popular with people who care about the environment or do not like advanced modern machines. Their owners look after them well, so there are still many of these cars being driven in the UK
United States Minor Outlying Islands: {i} collective name for nine islands atolls and reefs (Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Atoll, Palmyra Atoll and Wake Island) owned by the United States
Ursa Minor: constellation of stars in the northern sky
Ursa Minor: A constellation having the shape of a ladle with Polaris at the tip of its handle. Also called Little Bear. a group of stars in the northern sky, close to Ursa Major, which can easily be seen from Earth, and which includes the Pole Star. It is also called the Little Bear or (in the US) the Little Dipper
a minor: infant
asia minor: a peninsula in southwestern Asia that forms the Asian part of Turkey
assaulting a minor: raping of an underage person, attack on a minor
canis minor: a constellation east of Orion; contains Procyon
emancipated minor: {i} minor between the ages of 14 and 18 who is free of any control or authority from his/her parents or legal guardian
minored: past of minor
minoring: present participle of minor
minorities: The specific race and ethnic identifications recognized by the Government as minorities in the United States These are
minorities: Profits due to the outside shareholders of a subsidiary company It is also that element of a company's balance sheet that is funded by outside equity interests
minorities: plural of minority
minorities: Groups of people who are smaller in number compared to other groups in a society, often because of racial, religious, ethnic, or political differences Ethnic has to do with national origin; where someone was born (See ETHNIC)
minority: The state of being a minor, or under age
minority: is being close to nothingness
minority: In the context of college admissions, the four minority groups are Asian-Americans, African-Americans, Native Americans, and Hispanics
minority: A member of an ethnic minority
minority: as used in this program means a business concern that is at least 51 percent owned by one or more individuals of the following qualified groups
minority: Government: A Government, without a majority of seats in the Legislative Assembly and there fore dependent on the support of other persons or groups in order to govern Minister (or Cabinet Minister): A Member of the Government responsible for one or more government departments
minority: Tadersi
minority: ethnic or religious group that is smaller in number than the larger, controlling group
minority: The political party with one, or more, fewer members than the majority party
minority: As defined in the Civil Rights Act of 1968 as part of the Fair Housing Laws "'minority' means any group, or any member of a group, that can be identified either: (1) by race, color, religion, sex, disability, or national origin; or (2) by any other characteristic (such as familial status) on the basis of which discrimination is prohibited by a federal, state, or local fair housing law
minority: Any subgroup that does not form a numerical majority
minority: being or relating to the smaller in number of two parts; "when the vote was taken they were in the minority"; "he held a minority position"
minority: If you talk about a minority of people or things in a larger group, you are referring to a number of them that forms less than half of the larger group, usually much less than half. Local authority nursery provision covers only a tiny minority of working mothers minority shareholders. majority If people are in a minority or in the minority, they belong to a group of people or things that form less than half of a larger group. Even in the 1960s, politically active students and academics were in a minority In the past conservatives have been in the minority
minority: Means less than half
minority: Period when an individual was under age (i e less than 21) and therefore could not possess or control his or her inheritance A royal minority occurred when the king was succeeded by an heir (usually) under 21 For example, in 1216 King John was succeeded by Henry III, who was only 9 years old During a minority, the heir and his or her estates were normally under the control of an appointed guardian
minority: {i} smaller group as opposed to the majority; part of a population differing in some characteristic (race, sex, etc.); state of being under legal age
minority: a group of people who differ racially or politically from a larger group of which it is a part
minority: A minority is a group of people of the same race, culture, or religion who live in a place where most of the people around them are of a different race, culture, or religion. the region's ethnic minorities
minority: The smaller number; opposed to majority; as, the minority must be ruled by the majority
minority: any age prior to the legal age
minority: - The smallest possible number or amount
minority: being or relating to the smaller in number of two parts; "when the vote was taken they were in the minority"; "he held a minority position" a group of people who differ racially or politically from a larger group of which it is a part any age prior to the legal age
minority: a group within a country that differs in race, religion or national origin from the larger part of the population
minority: State of being less or small
minority: a group of people who differ racially or politically from a larger group of which it is a part any age prior to the legal age
minors: plural of minor
minors: Publicly Owned Treatment Works (POTWs) with flows of less than 1 million gallons per day Contrast with Majors ADVANCE \x 540 ADVANCE \x 540
minors: Publicly owned treatment works with flows less than 1 million gallons per day (See: majors )
minors: A minor program of academic study requires less intensive and comprehensive course work than a major, but offers greater coherence than taking a random group of courses in a specific subject area
minors: From the 1920s to the 1950s, significant Hollywood production companies that did not own theaters Also known as the "Little Three," the Minors consisted of Universal, Columbia, and United Artists See also Majors
minors: All persons under the age of majority, usually 18
minors: a league of teams that do not belong to a major league (especially baseball)
minors: Wiley descendants of omnivores or smaller carnosaurs
pectoralis minor: a skeletal muscle that draws down the scapula or raises the ribs
rhomboid minor muscle: rhomboid muscle that draws the scapula toward the vertebral column and slightly upward
teres minor: teres muscle that adducts the arm and rotates it laterally
the twelve minor prophets: twelve lesser prophets of the Bible
variola minor: a type of smallpox virus that has a fatality rate of about 1 percent
verb minor 3: minor in to study a second main subject as part of your university degree major
vinca minor: widely cultivated as a groundcover for its dark green shiny leaves and usually blue-violet flowers