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minor

/ˈmaɪnɚ/

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noun

Mineur

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."

Il est illégal de vendre des armes à des mineurs de moins de dix-huit ans.

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noun

Mineure, spécialisation secondaire

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."

Je suis devenu mineure en anglais.

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noun

Déterminant d'une sous-matrice

Determinant of a square submatrix

Examples :

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

Le déterminant de la sous-matrice de la matrice 2x2 représentant les notes des élèves en mathématiques et en sciences est de 12.

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noun

Le petit frère

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

Examples :

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

Mon petit frère se moque toujours de mes piètres compétences au rugby.

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noun

Ouvrier mineur

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. "

La colonie de fourmis coupe-feuilles comptait de nombreux ouvriers mineurs, plus petits que les ouvriers media mais plus grands que les ouvriers minim.

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noun

La mineure

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

Examples :

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

Dans le syllogisme, « Tous les chiens sont des mammifères », « chiens » est la mineure.

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noun

Sonnerie de six cloches

(campanology) Bell changes rung on six bells.

Examples :

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

Le clocher a exécuté une sonnerie de six cloches, en utilisant seulement six cloches.

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verb

Se spécialiser en, faire une mineure

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."

J'avais tellement d'heures de cours d'anglais que j'ai décidé de me spécialiser en anglais.

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adjective

Mineur, insignifiant

Of little significance or importance.

Examples :

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

L'apparence physique d'un candidat est un facteur mineur dans le recrutement.

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adjective

Mineur

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"

une gamme mineure

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adjective

Mineur

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. "

Mon frère est mineur, donc il ne peut pas conduire la voiture.

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