Major definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary MA'JOR, a. [L.] Greater in number, quantity or extent; as the major part of the assembly; the major part of the revenue; the major part of the territory. 1. Greater in dignity. My major vow lies here. 2. In music, an epithet applied to ... or key-note, and to intervals consisting of four semitones. Major and minor, in music, are applied to concords which ...
major premise definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: the premise of a syllogism that contains the major term (which is the predicate of the conclusion) [syn: major premise, major premiss] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1821 the premise of a syllogism containing the major term Webster's 1913 Dictionary Major Ma"jor, [L. major, compar. of magnus great: cf. ...
major key definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a key whose harmony is based on the major scale [syn: major key, major mode] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Major Ma"jor, [L. major, compar. of magnus great: cf. F. majeur. Cf. Master, ...
major scale definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a ... for the 3rd and 4th and 7th and 8th [syn: major scale, major diatonic scale] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Major Ma"jor, [L. major, compar. of magnus great: cf. F. majeur. Cf. Master, Mayor ... a.] 1. Greater in number, quantity, or extent; as, the major part of the assembly; the major part of the ...
major axis definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: the ... through the foci of an ellipse Webster's 1913 Dictionary Major Ma"jor, [L. major, compar. of magnus great: cf. F. majeur. Cf. Master, Mayor ... a.] 1. Greater in number, quantity, or extent; as, the major part of the assembly; the major part of the revenue; the major part of the territory. 2. Of greater dignity; more ...
Major third definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Major Ma"jor, [L. major, compar. of magnus great: cf. F. majeur. Cf. Master, Mayor ... a.] 1. Greater in number, quantity, or extent; as, the major part of the assembly; the major part of the revenue; the major part of the territory. 2. Of greater dignity; more ...
Major sixth definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Major Ma"jor, [L. major, compar. of magnus great: cf. F. majeur. Cf. Master, Mayor ... a.] 1. Greater in number, quantity, or extent; as, the major part of the assembly; the major part of the revenue; the major part of the territory. 2. Of greater dignity; more ...
major term definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: the ... constituting the predicate of the conclusion Webster's 1913 Dictionary Major Ma"jor, [L. major, compar. of magnus great: cf. F. majeur. Cf. Master, Mayor ... a.] 1. Greater in number, quantity, or extent; as, the major part of the assembly; the major part of the revenue; the major part of the territory. 2. Of greater dignity; more ...
Major second definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Major Ma"jor, [L. major, compar. of magnus great: cf. F. majeur. Cf. Master, Mayor ... a.] 1. Greater in number, quantity, or extent; as, the major part of the assembly; the major part of the revenue; the major part of the territory. 2. Of greater dignity; more ...
Major offense definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Major Ma"jor, [L. major, compar. of magnus great: cf. F. majeur. Cf. Master, Mayor ... a.] 1. Greater in number, quantity, or extent; as, the major part of the assembly; the major part of the revenue; the major part of the territory. 2. Of greater dignity; more ...
major league definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: the most important league in any sport (especially baseball) [syn: major league, big league, majors] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1890 ... classification in United States professional baseball; broadly a league of major importance in any of various sports 2. big time 2 • major-league adjective • major leaguer noun Collin's Cobuild Dictionary 1. The major leagues are groups of professional sports teams that compete ...
sergeant major definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a noncommissioned ... officer of a headquarters unit of the Army [syn: sergeant major, command sergeant major] 2: large blue-grey black-striped damselfish; nearly worldwide [syn: sergeant major, Abudefduf saxatilis] Merriam Webster's noun (plural sergeants major or sergeant majors) Date: 1797 1. a noncommissioned officer in ... to the companies there are, in each regiment, a sergeant major, who is the chief noncommissioned officer, and has important ...
major general definitions Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: French major général, from major, noun + général, adjective, general Date: 1633 a commissioned officer in ... and whose insignia is two stars Webster's 1913 Dictionary Major general Ma"jor gen"er*al An officer of the ... a division or a corps. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary also major-general(major generals) In Britain, a major general is a senior ...
Major-domo definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary MAJOR-DO'MO,n. [major and domus, house.] A man who holds the place of ... the chief steward or butler of a great household [syn: major-domo, seneschal] Oxford Reference Dictionary n. (pl. -os) 1 the ... orig. mayordome f. Sp. mayordomo, It. maggiordomo f. med.L major domus highest official of the household (as MAJOR, DOME) Webster's 1913 Dictionary Major-domo Ma`jor- ...
... these hardy adventurers were minor noblemen"; "minor back roads" [ant: major] 2: lesser in scope or effect; "had minor differences"; "a minor disturbance" [ant: major] 3: inferior in number or size or amount; "a minor share of the profits"; "Ursa Minor" [ant: major] 4: of a scale or mode; "the minor keys"; "in B flat minor" [ant: major] 5: not of legal age; "minor children" [syn: minor, nonaged, underage] [ant: major] 6: of lesser seriousness or danger; "suffered only minor injuries"; "some minor flooding"; "a minor tropical disturbance" [ant: major] 7: of your secondary field of academic concentration or ...