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Definition of major

Major
Major Ma"jor, [L. major, compar. of magnus great: cf. F. majeur. Cf. Master, Mayor, Magnitude, More, 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 important. --Shak. 3. Of full legal age. [Obs.] 4. (Mus.) Greater by a semitone, either in interval or in difference of pitch from another tone. Major axis (Geom.), the greater axis. See Focus, n., 2. Major key (Mus.), a key in which one and two, two and three, four and five, five and six and seven, make major seconds, and three and four, and seven and eight, make minor seconds. Major offense (Law), an offense of a greater degree which contains a lesser offense, as murder and robbery include assault. Major premise (Logic), that premise of a syllogism which contains the major term. Major scale (Mus.), the natural diatonic scale, which has semitones between the third and fourth, and seventh and fourth, and seventh and eighth degrees; the scale of the major mode, of which the third is major. See Scale, and Diatonic. Major second (Mus.), a second between whose tones is a difference in pitch of a step. Major sixth (Mus.), a sixth of four steps and a half step. In major keys the third and sixth from the key tone are major. Major keys and intervals, as distinguished from minors, are more cheerful. Major term (Logic), that term of a syllogism which forms the predicate of the conclusion. Major third (Mus.), a third of two steps.
Major
Major Ma"jor, n. [F. major. See Major, a.] 1. (Mil.) An officer next in rank above a captain and next below a lieutenant colonel; the lowest field officer. 2. (Law) A person of full age. 3. (Logic) That premise which contains the major term. It its the first proposition of a regular syllogism; as: No unholy person is qualified for happiness in heaven [the major]. Every man in his natural state is unholy [minor]. Therefore, no man in his natural state is qualified for happiness in heaven [conclusion or inference]. Note: In hypothetical syllogisms, the hypothetical premise is called the major. 4. [LL. See Major.] A mayor. [Obs.] --Bacon.

Meaning of major from wikipedia

- major is a rank of commissioned officer , with corresponding ranks existing in many military forces. when used unhyphenated, in
- major is a sports manga series by takuya mitsuda . it has been serialized in shōnen sunday and has been collected in 78 tankōbon
- major's was the name of an american chain of department store s with outlets in many states east of the mississippi river in the decades
- major league baseball (mlb) is a professional baseball league , consisting of teams that play in the national league and the american
- the men's major golf championships, commonly known as the major championships, and often referred to simply as the majors, are the four
- in the united states army , air force , and marine corps , major is a field grade military officer rank just above the rank of captain
- major general or major-general is a military rank used in many countries. it is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general .
- in the british military , major is a military rank which is used by both the british army and royal marines . the rank is superior to
- in the united states and canada, an academic major or major concentration (informally, major or concentration) is the academic discipline
- sir john major. post-noms kg , ch , acib. (born 29 march 1943) is a british conservative politician who served as prime minister of the united