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Minor Scale: A collection of seven different pitches ordered in a specific pattern of whole and half steps.

Heptatonic Scale: Seven-note scale: in non-Western musics, often fashioned from a different combination of intervals than major and minor scales.

Mohs Hardness Scale: A collection of minerals ranging from very soft to very hard. Use as a comparison scale during mineral identification. From softest to hardest, the ten minerals are: talc 1, gypsum 2, calcit . . . View Full Definition

Minority Interest: All shareholders whose combined shares represent less than half of the total outstanding shares issued by a corporation have a minority interest in that corporation. In fact, in many cases, . . . View Full Definition

Offering Scale: The range of prices offered by the underwriter of a serial bond issue with different maturities.

Pentatonic Scale: Five-note pattern used in some African, Far Eastern and Native American musics: can also be found in Western music as an example of exoticism.

Minority Children: Children of partial or full non-Caucasian parentage, or mixed Caucasian and non-Caucasian heritage.

Mohs Scale Of Hardness: An empirical, ascending scale of mineral hardness with talc as 1, gypsum 2, calcite 3, fluorite 4, apatite 5, orthoclase 6, quartz 7, topaz 8, corundum 9, and diamond 10.

Minority Business Enterprise: A small business enterprise that is at least 51 percent owned by one or more minorities or, in the case of a publicly owned business, at least 51 percent of all classes or types of the stock . . . View Full Definition

Minor Oilseeds: Oilseed crops other than soybeans and peanuts: usually a reference to the other oilseeds eligible for marketing assistance loans under the FAIR Act of 1996 (sunflower seed, canola, rapeseed, . . . View Full Definition