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1. Greater than others in importance or rank: a major artist.
2. Great in scope or effect: a major improvement.
3. Great in number, size, or extent: the major portion of the population.
4. Requiring great attention or concern; very serious: a major illness.
5. In law, having attained full legal age.
6. A reference to a field of academic study in which a student specializes; such as, majoring in math, linguistics, or business administration, etc.
7. In music, designating a scale or mode having half steps between the third and fourth and the seventh and eighth degrees; equivalent to the distance between the tonic note and the second or third or sixth or seventh degrees of a major scale or mode; such as, a major interval; or based on a major scale.
2. Great in scope or effect: a major improvement.
3. Great in number, size, or extent: the major portion of the population.
4. Requiring great attention or concern; very serious: a major illness.
5. In law, having attained full legal age.
6. A reference to a field of academic study in which a student specializes; such as, majoring in math, linguistics, or business administration, etc.
7. In music, designating a scale or mode having half steps between the third and fourth and the seventh and eighth degrees; equivalent to the distance between the tonic note and the second or third or sixth or seventh degrees of a major scale or mode; such as, a major interval; or based on a major scale.
(a father of the early Christian Church whose major work was his translation of the Scriptures from Hebrew and Greek into Latin known as the Vulgate)
(Latin: larger, greater)
(our planet, whose interior is very hot but whose exterior is not so hot; a minor planet with major problems; and a jigsaw puzzle with a peace missing)
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camera anterior bulbi, anterior chamber of the eye, camera oculi major
The anterior portion of the anterior segment of the eyeball, situated between the cornea anteriorly and the lens and iris posteriorly.
It contains aqueous humor that drains through the iridocorneal angle at its periphery and communicates with the posterior chamber through the pupil.
Canis Major
1. In astronomy, the Great Dog, a southern constellation between Puppis and Orion, containing Sirius, the Dog Star, the brightest of the stars.
2. A constellation southeast of Orion which also contains Sirius; also called, "Great Dog".
2. A constellation southeast of Orion which also contains Sirius; also called, "Great Dog".
giant pelvis, justomajor pelvis, pelvis justo major, pelvis aequabiliter justo major, justo major
A pelvis that is symmetric but unusually large.
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pelvi-, pelvio-, pelvo-, pelyco- +
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major breakthrough
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1. The man servant who is responsible for managing domestic affairs in a large household, especially a royal or noble household: James, the major-domo of the large villa on the hill, was not only trustworthy and in charge of the gardeners, maids, chauffeurs, and cooks, but also for their well-being.
2. Someone responsible for managing the affairs of others and making arrangements for them: Since the queen had so many important affairs to tend to, she gave the position of major-domo to a friendly and reliable person to provide the supplies and planning of such significant issues related to her status.
3. Etymology: from Latin major domus, "highest official of the household".
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2. Someone responsible for managing the affairs of others and making arrangements for them: Since the queen had so many important affairs to tend to, she gave the position of major-domo to a friendly and reliable person to provide the supplies and planning of such significant issues related to her status.
3. Etymology: from Latin major domus, "highest official of the household".
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pestis major
Bubonic plague or pneumonic plague; the typical sever form of plague.
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Ursa Major
In astronomy, the "Great Bear", the most prominent northern constellation, containing the seven stars that form the Big Dipper.
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vis major
A greater or superior (major) force; an irresistible force.
A loss that results immediately from a natural cause without the intervention of man, and could not have been prevented by the exercise of prudence, diligence, and care. In civil law, this term is sometimes used as synonymous with vis divina or the "act of God".
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(historical perspectives of thermoscopes to thermometers: Daniel Fahrenheit, Galileo Galilei, Anders Celsius, and Lord Kelvin; among others, were major contributors to temperature calculations as we know them today)
(phyla rhymes or major taxonomic groups, classifying of living organisms, into which animals are divided and made up of several classes in poetic format)
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major worker
A member of the subcaste of the largest workers; especially, in ants.
With ants, the subcaste is usually specialized for defense; so, that an adult belonging to it is often also referred to as a "soldier".
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Ant and Related Entomology Terms
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semi-major axis
1. Half the length of the major axis of an ellipse; a standard element used to describe an elliptical orbit.
2. Half of the larger diameter of an ellipse.
Half of the smaller diameter is the semi-minor axis.
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Ursa Major, Great Bear
The third largest constellation in the sky, in the north polar region.
Its seven brightest stars make up the familiar shape, or asterism, of the Big Dipper. The second star of the handle of the dipper, called Mizar, has a companion star, Alcor.
Two stars forming the far side of the bowl act as pointers to the north star, Polaris. Dubhe, one of them, is the constellation's brightest star.
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