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minor

/ˈmaɪnɚ/

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noun

Minderjähriger

A person who is below the age of majority, consent, criminal responsibility or other adult responsibilities and accountabilities.

Examples :

"It is illegal to sell weapons to minors under the age of eighteen."

Es ist illegal, Waffen an Minderjährige unter achtzehn Jahren zu verkaufen.

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noun

Nebenfach, Schwerpunkt

A subject area of secondary concentration of a student at a college or university, or the student who has chosen such a secondary concentration.

Examples :

"I became an English minor."

Ich habe Englisch als Nebenfach gewählt.

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noun

Determinante einer Untermatrix

Determinant of a square submatrix

Examples :

"The minor of the 2x2 matrix representing the student grades in math and science is 12. "

Die Determinante der Untermatrix der 2x2-Matrix, die die Noten der Schüler in Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften darstellt, beträgt 12.

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noun

Der jüngere Bruder

(British slang) A younger brother (especially at a public school).

Examples :

"My minor is always teasing me about my terrible rugby skills. "

Mein jüngerer Bruder ärgert mich immer wegen meiner schrecklichen Rugby-Fähigkeiten.

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noun

Kleinarbeiter

A small worker in a leaf-cutter ant colony, sized between a minim and a media.

Examples :

"The leaf-cutter ant colony had many minor workers, smaller than the media workers but larger than the minim workers. "

Die Blattschneiderameisenkolonie hatte viele Kleinarbeiter, die kleiner waren als die Media-Arbeiter, aber größer als die Minim-Arbeiter.

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noun

Der Untersatz

The term of a syllogism which forms the subject of the conclusion.

Examples :

"In the syllogism, "All dogs are mammals," "dogs" is the minor. "

In dem Syllogismus „Alle Hunde sind Säugetiere“ ist „Hunde“ der Untersatz.

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noun

Sechsglockenspiel

(campanology) Bell changes rung on six bells.

Examples :

"The bell tower performed a minor, using only six bells. "

Der Glockenturm spielte ein Sechsglockenspiel, wobei nur sechs Glocken verwendet wurden.

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verb

Nebenfach belegen

To choose or have an area of secondary concentration as a student in a college or university.

Examples :

"I had so many credit hours of English, I decided to minor in it."

Ich hatte so viele Leistungspunkte in Englisch, dass ich mich entschied, ein Nebenfach darin zu belegen.

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adjective

Geringfügig, unbedeutend

Of little significance or importance.

Examples :

"The physical appearance of a candidate is a minor factor in recruitment."

Das äußere Erscheinungsbild eines Kandidaten ist ein geringfügiger Faktor bei der Rekrutierung.

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adjective

Moll-

Of a scale which has lowered scale degrees three, six, and seven relative to major, but with the sixth and seventh not always lowered

Examples :

"a minor scale"

eine Moll-Tonleiter

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adjective

Klein

Being the smaller of the two intervals denoted by the same ordinal number

Examples :

"My brother is a minor, so he can't drive the car. "

Mein Bruder ist minderjährig, also darf er das Auto nicht fahren.

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