Minor

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The meaning "someone who extracts minerals from the ground" is spelled "miner".

Minor may refer to:

In education:

• minor, a secondary focus of a Bachelor's degree, the primary focus being a major

In law:

• Minor (law), the legal term for a young person

In mathematics:

• Minor (linear algebra), for a given matrix, its minor is the determinant of a certain smaller matrix
• Minor (graph theory),

In music:

• Major and minor, general discussion
• Minor scale
• Minor chord
• specific intervals, such as minor third
• Minor, a class of methods for Change ringing

In sports:

• Minor leagues, sports leagues which are not regarded as the premier leagues
  • Minor league baseball, North American professional baseball leagues that compete at a level below that of Major League

In motoring:

• Morris Minor, a classic British post-war car design

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