minour

Adjective

minor (comparative more minor, superlative most minor)

1. Lesser, smaller in importance, size, degree, seriousness, or significance compared to another option, particularly
   • of minor importance
2. Underage, not having reached legal majority.
   • The defendant resides at 123 Fake Street with his partner and two minor children.
3. (figuratively, sometimes) Not serious, not involving risk of death, permanent injury, dangerous surgery, or extended hospitalization.
   • She suffered a minor injury.
4. Smaller by a diatonic semitone than the equivalent major interval.
   • The musical interval between C and E♭ is a minor third while C to E is a major third.
5. Incorporating a minor third interval above the (in scales) tonic or (in chords) root note, (also figurative) tending to produce a dark, discordant, sad, or pensive effect.
   • Beethoven's melancholy Moonlight Sonata is scored in the key of C# minor, using the diatonic scale C♯, D♯, E, F♯, G♯, A, and B, but modulates throughout.
6. (Canada, US) Of or related to a minor, a secondary area of undergraduate study.
   • The minor requirements only involve about 20 hours of classes.

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