Minor
Minor (Latin: smaller, the lesser; English: small, slight, minor):
- in the matrix calculus a subdeterminant, see Minor (Linear Algebra)
- in graph theory a subgraph, see minor (graph theory)
- Minor (matroid theory), a generalization of the two previous terms.
- a British car, see Morris Minor
- a czech car, see Jawa and Aero Minor
- an aircraft engine, see Walter Minor
- a Finnish boatyard, see Minor (boatyard)
- a Swiss chocolate brand of the company Maestrani
- in music the English term for minor (keys and chords)
- a mountain in Switzerland Graubünden Upper Engadine Piz Minor
- a widespread option for choosing a minor subject at universities, especially in the Anglo-Saxon world
Minor is the family name of the following people:
- Bill Minor (1922-2017), US-American journalist
- Brienne Minor (* 1997), US-American tennis player
- Christian Minor (1813-1892), postman and innkeeper in Singhofen, member of the Nassau state parliament
- Dan Minor (1909-1982), US-American jazz musician
- Edward S. Minor (1840-1924), US-American politician
- Eva Minor (* 1969), German football player
- Ilka Minor (* 1975), Austrian rally co-driver
- Inge Minor (* 1929), German figure skater
- Jakob Minor (1855-1912), Austrian literary scholar
- Jakob Rudolf Emil Minor (* 1834), German military officer and civil servant
- Jouk Minor (* 1947), French jazz musician
- Lazar Solomonovič Minor (1855-1942), Russian neuropathologist and neurologist.
- Melchior Gottlieb Minor (also Maleki; 1693-1748), German Protestant theologian
- Minna Alken-Minor (1860-1905), German opera singer (contralto)
- Nora Minor (1910-1995), Austrian actress
- Robert Minor, German basketball player
- Robert Crannell Minor (1839-1904), American painter
- Rüdiger Minor (1939-2017), German theologian and bishop of the Evangelical Methodist Church
- Walter Minor (NSDAP) (1889-1956), German physician, Protestant clergyman, publisher, and Wiesbaden NSDAP grandee.
- William C. Minor (1834-1920), US-American lexicographer
- William T. Minor (1815-1889), US-American politician
Minor is the name of the following places in the United States:
- Minor (Alabama)
- Minor (Kentucky)
- Minor (Virginia)
- Minor Beach (Michigan)
- Minor Hill (Tennessee)
- Minor Terrace (Alabama)
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