Definition of major

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Major (a.) Greater by a semitone, either in interval or in difference of pitch from another tone..

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Drum Major :: Drum major () The marching leader of a military band.
Paulist :: Paulist (n.) A member of The Institute of the Missionary Priests of St. Paul the Apostle, founded in 1858 by the Rev. I. T. Hecker of New York. The majority of the members were formerly Protestants..
Sweepings :: Sweeping (a.) Cleaning off surfaces, or cleaning away dust, dirt, or litter, as a broom does; moving with swiftness and force; carrying everything before it; including in its scope many persons or things; as, a sweeping flood; a sweeping majority; a sweeping accusation..
Abduction :: Abduction (n.) A syllogism or form of argument in which the major is evident, but the minor is only probable..
Drum Major :: Drum major () The chief or first drummer of a regiment; an instructor of drummers.
Savoy :: Savoy (n.) A variety of the common cabbage (Brassica oleracea major), having curled leaves, -- much cultivated for winter use..
Majority :: Majority (n.) The military rank of a major.
Drum Major :: Drum major () .
Major :: Major (a.) Of greater dignity; more important.
Majorcan :: Majorcan (a.) Of or pertaining to Majorca.
Apotome :: Apotome (n.) The remaining part of a whole tone after a smaller semitone has been deducted from it; a major semitone.
Major :: Major (a.) A person of full age.
Majorship :: Majorship (n.) The office of major.
Etat Major :: Etat Major () The staff of an army, including all officers above the rank of colonel, also, all adjutants, inspectors, quartermasters, commissaries, engineers, ordnance officers, paymasters, physicians, signal officers, judge advocates; also, the noncommissioned assistants of the above officers..
Major :: Major (a.) Of full legal age.
Major General :: Major general () An officer of the army holding a rank next above that of brigadier general and next below that of lieutenant general, and who usually commands a division or a corps..
Majorities :: Majorities (pl. ) of Majorit.
Majorat :: Majorat (a.) Property, landed or funded, so attached to a title of honor as to descend with it..
Ellipse :: Ellipse (n.) An oval or oblong figure, bounded by a regular curve, which corresponds to an oblique projection of a circle, or an oblique section of a cone through its opposite sides. The greatest diameter of the ellipse is the major axis, and the least diameter is the minor axis. See Conic section, under Conic, and cf. Focus..
Enharmonical :: Enharmonical (a.) Of or pertaining to that one of the three kinds of musical scale (diatonic, chromatic, enharmonic) recognized by the ancient Greeks, which consisted of quarter tones and major thirds, and was regarded as the most accurate..
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