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majority (muh JOR i tee, muh JAHR i tee) (noun)
1. The age by which one receives and assumes civic responsibilities: The first thing Jerome did when he achieved the age of majority was to register to vote in the next election.
2. The greater number, by at least one, when counting the total of something: The majority, or most of the students of the class, decided to go to the football game instead of staying in the library.
2. The greater number, by at least one, when counting the total of something: The majority, or most of the students of the class, decided to go to the football game instead of staying in the library.
minority (muh NOR i tee, muh NAHR i tee, mi NOR i tee) (noun)
1. A segment of population which does not share characteristics of the larger population: The new immigrants were a minority in the large city, being outnumbered by the rest of the residents.
2. A group which is comprised of a smaller number than another group the combination of which represents the total size of the something: A minority attending the public meeting did not want the new bridge to be built.
2. A group which is comprised of a smaller number than another group the combination of which represents the total size of the something: A minority attending the public meeting did not want the new bridge to be built.
plurality (ploo RAL i tee) (noun)
1. A larger or greater number of people: The plurality of the townspeople, or almost everybody, wanted to build a swimming pool in the park.
2. The number of votes needed to elect an official that is not 50% of the total votes cast but is more than the total votes cast for either of two or more other candidates: Shanna was elected by a narrow plurality of five.
2. The number of votes needed to elect an official that is not 50% of the total votes cast but is more than the total votes cast for either of two or more other candidates: Shanna was elected by a narrow plurality of five.
The majority of the city population had reached their majority and could therefore participate in elections; as a result, their candidate received a plurality of votes. The minority population looked forward to gaining their majority in the next year or two.
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1. A small number of people or things that are part of a larger group but different in some way from most of the group: The wage proposal is opposed by a minority of the union members.
2. A group of people, within a society, whose members have different ethnic, racial, national, religious, sexual, political, linguistic, or other characteristics from the rest of a group or population: The religious group is becoming an influential minority in Adam's community.
3. A period when a person is not old enough to have the full rights of an adult: Teenagers are in a status of being a status of a minority because they are younger than the legal age of adulthood.
2. A group of people, within a society, whose members have different ethnic, racial, national, religious, sexual, political, linguistic, or other characteristics from the rest of a group or population: The religious group is becoming an influential minority in Adam's community.
3. A period when a person is not old enough to have the full rights of an adult: Teenagers are in a status of being a status of a minority because they are younger than the legal age of adulthood.
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mini-, minor-, minut-, minu-, min-
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minority leader (s), minority leader (pl) (noun forms)
The leader of the political party which has fewer members than the leading party in the U.S. Senate or House of Representatives: "The House and the Senate minority leaders could not agree on what to do with the bill."
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minority carrier
A current carrier, either an electron or a hole, that is in the minority in a specific layer of a semiconductor material; the diffusion of minority carriers under the action of the cell junction voltage is the current in a photovoltaic device.
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minority carrier lifetime
The average time a minority carrier exists before recombination.
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