Minor

Contents 1 Mathematics 2 Music 3 Surname 4 Sports 5 Vehicles 6 Geography 7 Toponymy 8 Arts and culture 9 Biology

Minor means "not important", and in Latin "smaller". It may also refer to:

• an underage child, see Minor (law)
• Academic minor, a secondary focus of a Bachelor's degree, the primary focus being an academic major

Mathematics

• Minor (linear algebra), for a given matrix, a minor is the determinant of a certain submatrix
• Minor (graph theory), a graph can be called a minor of another the graph given certain conditions

Music

• Minor (music)

Surname

• Dan Minor, American jazz trombonist
• Kyle Minor, American writer
• William Chester Minor, 19th century American contributor to the Oxford English Dictionary
  • Agrippina Minor, mother of Emperor Nero, named after her mother Agrippina the Elder
  • Antonia Minor, daughter of Mark Antony, named after her older sister Antonia Major
  • Octavia Minor, wife of Mark Antony and sister of Emperor Augustus, named after her sister Octavia Major

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
• Penalty (ice hockey)

Vehicles

• Morris Minor, a classic British post-war car design
• Jawa Minor and Aero Minor, classic Czech car models developed and produced by Jawa Motors between 1933 and 1951

Geography

Asia Minor, a term used often to refer to Anatolia, the westernmost region of Asia, most of which is in comprised by the nation of Turkey.

Toponymy

• Minor, Alabama, in the United States

Arts and culture

• Minor Theater, an original 1913 feature movie theater building still functioning as a theater in Arcata, California
• Fort Minor, a hip-hop side-project of Mike Shinoda

Biology

Minor is a common specific epithet

Species Latin binomial name abbreviations

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