Usually means: Three semitones, smaller than major.
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  1. minor third: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. minor third: Wordnik
  3. minor third: Wiktionary
  4. Minor third: Dictionary.com
  5. Minor third: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. minor third: FreeDictionary.org
  7. Minor third: TheFreeDictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (minor third)

noun:  (music) A musical interval in Western music that approximates a frequency ratio of 6:5, spanning two degrees of the diatonic scale.

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