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relative minor

noun Music.

the minor key whose tonic is the sixth degree of a given major key.

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Origin of relative minor

First recorded in 1810–20

Words nearby relative minor

relative leukocytosis, relatively, relatively prime numbers, relative major, relative majority, relative minor, relative molecular mass, relativeness, relative permeability, relative permittivity, relative pitch
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