(music) Any diatonic scale whose first, third, and fifth scale degrees form a minor triad. / (music) The natural minor scale.

(idiomatic) In a restrained manner; on a small or limited scale.

(music) A musical key based upon a minor scale. / (idiomatic) A mood of melancholy or pathos.

The innermost diameter of a cylindrical, circular, or helical feature, such as a screw thread, gear teeth, etc.

A group of people who have a different ethnicity, religion, language or culture from that of the majority of people in the place where they live.

(astronomy) A circumpolar constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a bear. It includes the familiar asterism the Little Dipper and, as part of it, the northern pole star Polaris.

(astronomy) A spring constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a small lion. It lies north of the constellation Leo and south of Ursa Major.

(astronomy) A small winter constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a dog following the hunter Orion. It is most notable for including the eighth brightest star in the night sky, Procyon.

A committee report written by at least two committee members to state their official position on an issue, when those members are in the minority on that issue (not necessarily in the political minority party).

The muscle that covers the heart organ.