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Asia Minor (Geog.), the Lesser Asia;
that part of Asia which lies between the Euxine, or Black Sea, on the
north, and the Mediterranean on the south. -- Minor
mode (Mus.), that mode, or scale, in which the
third and sixth are minor, -- much used for mournful and solemn
subjects. -- Minor orders (Eccl.),
the rank of persons employed in ecclesiastical offices who are
not in holy orders, as doorkeepers, acolytes, etc. --
Minor scale (Mus.) The form of the minor
scale is various. The strictly correct form has the third and sixth
minor, with a semitone between the seventh and eighth, which involves
an augmented second interval, or three semitones, between the sixth
and seventh, as, 6/F, 7/G♯,
8/A. But, for melodic purposes, both the sixth and the
seventh are sometimes made major in the ascending, and minor in the
descending, scale, thus: --

See Major. -- Minor term of a
syllogism (Logic), the subject of the
conclusion.

Mi"nor (?), n.


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