Minor

mī′nor, adj. smaller: le : inferior in importance, degree, bulk, .: inconsiderable: lower: ( mus. ) smaller by a semitone.— n. a person under age (21 years): ( logic ) the term of a syllogism which forms the subject of the conclusion.— n. Mī′norite , a Francis can friar.— adj. belonging to the Francis cans.— n. Minor′ity , the state of being under age (also Mī′norship ): the smaller of two parts of a number: a number le than half:—opp. to Majority .— Minor canon , a canon of inferior grade who a ists in performing the daily choral service in a cathedral; Minor mode or scale , the mode or scale in music which has the third note only three semitones above the key; Minor premise , the premise which contains the minor term; Minor prophets , the name given to the twelve prophets from Hosea to Malachi inclusive. [L., neut. minus .]