minor : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a peninsula in southwestern Asia that forms the Asian part of Turkey
  Anatolia.
  

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• (Geog.), the Lesser Asia; that part of Asia which lies between the Euxine, or Black Sea, on the north, and the Mediterranean on the south.

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• noun a constellation to the east of Orion; contains Procyon
  Little Dog.
  

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• L., smaller dog, a constellation to the east of Orion, containing Procyon, a star of the first magnitude.

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• noun epilepsy characterized by paroxysmal attacks of brief clouding of consciousness (and possibly other abnormalities)
  petit mal; petit mal epilepsy.
  
  • she has been suffering from petit mal since childhood
• noun a seizure of short duration characterized by momentary unconsciousness and local muscle spasms or twitching
  petit mal.
  
  • the girl was frightened by her first petit mal

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• noun of temperate regions except eastern Asia and Australia
  common duckweed; lesser duckweed.
  

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• noun the shorter or shortest axis of an ellipse or ellipsoid
  

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• noun a diatonic scale with notes separated by whole tones except for the 2nd and 3rd and 5th and 6th
  minor diatonic scale.
  

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• noun (frequently plural) an expense not budgeted or not specified
  incidental expense; incidental.
  
  • he requested reimbursement of $7 for incidental expenses

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• noun one of five minor fast days on the Jewish calendar
  

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• noun a key based on the minor scale
  minor key.
  

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• noun a league of teams that do not belong to a major league (especially baseball)
  bush league; minors.
  

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• noun a player on a minor-league baseball team
  bush leaguer.
  

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• noun a key based on the minor scale
  minor key.
  

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• (Mus.), that mode, or scale, in which the third and sixth are minor, much used for mournful and solemn subjects.

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• (Eccl.), the rank of persons employed in ecclesiastical offices who are not in holy orders, as doorkeepers, acolytes, etc.

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• noun any of numerous small celestial bodies that move around the sun
  planetoid.
  

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• noun the premise of a syllogism that contains the minor term (which is the subject of the conclusion)
  subsumption; minor premise.
  

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• noun the premise of a syllogism that contains the minor term (which is the subject of the conclusion)
  subsumption; minor premise.
  

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• noun a small role
  bit part.
  

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• noun a diatonic scale with notes separated by whole tones except for the 2nd and 3rd and 5th and 6th
  minor diatonic scale.
  

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• (Mus.) 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: Comm: an illustration of a bar with ascending and descending notes on a minor scale See Major.

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• noun ( bridge) a suit of inferior scoring value, either diamonds or clubs
  

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• noun any surgical procedure that does not involve anesthesia or respiratory assistance
  

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• noun the term in a syllogism that is the subject of the conclusion
  

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• (Logic), the subject of the conclusion.

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• noun a tranquilizer used to relieve anxiety and reduce tension and irritability
  anxiolytic drug; antianxiety drug; minor tranquilliser; minor tranquilizer; anxiolytic.
  

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• noun a tranquilizer used to relieve anxiety and reduce tension and irritability
  anxiolytic drug; antianxiety drug; minor tranquilliser; minor tranquilizer; anxiolytic.
  

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• noun a tranquilizer used to relieve anxiety and reduce tension and irritability
  anxiolytic drug; antianxiety drug; minor tranquilliser; minor tranquilizer; anxiolytic.
  

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• noun a team that plays in a minor league
  minor-league club.
  

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• noun a team that plays in a minor league
  minor-league club.
  

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• noun a skeletal muscle that draws down the scapula or raises the ribs
  musculus pectoralis minor; smaller pectoral muscle.
  

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• noun rhomboid muscle that draws the scapula toward the vertebral column and slightly upward
  lesser rhomboid muscle; musculus rhomboideus minor.
  

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• noun teres muscle that adducts the arm and rotates it laterally
  teres minor; musculus teres minor.
  

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• noun a skeletal muscle that draws down the scapula or raises the ribs
  musculus pectoralis minor; smaller pectoral muscle.
  

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• noun desert plant of southern California with blue or violet tubular flowers in terminal racemes
  Phacelia whitlavia; whitlavia; California bluebell.
  

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• noun small long-billed woodcock; prized as a game bird
  woodcock snipe; American woodcock.
  

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• noun the common wintergreen having many-flowered racemes of pink-tinged white flowers; Europe and North America
  lesser wintergreen.
  

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• noun rhomboid muscle that draws the scapula toward the vertebral column and slightly upward
  lesser rhomboid muscle; musculus rhomboideus minor.
  

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• noun yellow-flowered pitcher plant of southeastern United States having trumpet-shaped leaves with the orifice covered with an arched hood
  hooded pitcher plant.
  

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• noun teres muscle that adducts the arm and rotates it laterally
  teres minor; musculus teres minor.
  

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• noun teres muscle that adducts the arm and rotates it laterally
  teres minor; musculus teres minor.
  

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• noun a constellation outside the zodiac that rotates around the North Star
  Little Bear.
  

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• noun a mild form of smallpox caused by a less virulent form of the virus
  milk pox; pseudovariola; West Indian smallpox; Kaffir pox; pseudosmallpox; Cuban itch; white pox; alastrim.
  
• noun a type of smallpox virus that has a fatality rate of about 1 percent
  variola minor.
  

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• noun a type of smallpox virus that has a fatality rate of about 1 percent
  variola minor.
  

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• noun widely cultivated as a groundcover for its dark green shiny leaves and usually blue-violet flowers
  myrtle.
  

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