Aid-major (n.) The adjutant of a regiment. |
Drum major () . |
Drum major () The chief or first drummer of a regiment |
Drum major () The marching leader of a military band. |
Drum major () A noisy gathering. [R.] See under Drum, n., 4. |
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 |
Gunter's scale () A scale invented by the Rev. Edmund Gunter (1581-1626), a professor of astronomy at Gresham College, London, who invented also Gunter's chain, and Gunter's quadrant. |
Major (a.) Greater in number, quantity, or extent |
Major (a.) Of greater dignity |
Major (a.) Of full legal age. |
Major (a.) Greater by a semitone, either in interval or in difference of pitch from another tone. |
Major (a.) An officer next in rank above a captain and next below a lieutenant colonel |
Major (a.) A person of full age. |
Major (a.) That premise which contains the major term. It its the first proposition of a regular syllogism |
Major (a.) A mayor. |
Major-domo (n.) A man who has authority to act, within certain limits, as master of the house |
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. |
Scale (n.) The dish of a balance |
Scale (n.) The sign or constellation Libra. |
Scale (v. t.) To weigh or measure according to a scale |
Scale (n.) One of the small, thin, membranous, bony or horny pieces which form the covering of many fishes and reptiles, and some mammals, belonging to the dermal part of the skeleton, or dermoskeleton. See Cycloid, Ctenoid, and Ganoid. |
Scale (n.) Hence, any layer or leaf of metal or other material, resembling in size and thinness the scale of a fish |
Scale (n.) One of the small scalelike structures covering parts of some invertebrates, as those on the wings of Lepidoptera and on the body of Thysanura |
Scale (n.) A scale insect. (See below.) |
Scale (n.) A small appendage like a rudimentary leaf, resembling the scales of a fish in form, and often in arrangement |
Scale (n.) The thin metallic side plate of the handle of a pocketknife. See Illust. of Pocketknife. |
Scale (n.) An incrustation deposit on the inside of a vessel in which water is heated, as a steam boiler. |
Scale (n.) The thin oxide which forms on the surface of iron forgings. It consists essentially of the magnetic oxide, Fe3O4. Also, a similar coating upon other metals. |
Scale (v. t.) To strip or clear of scale or scales |
Scale (v. t.) To take off in thin layers or scales, as tartar from the teeth |
Scale (v. t.) To scatter |
Scale (v. t.) To clean, as the inside of a cannon, by the explosion of a small quantity of powder. |
Scale (v. i.) To separate and come off in thin layers or laminae |
Scale (v. i.) To separate |
Scale (n.) A ladder |
Scale (n.) Hence, anything graduated, especially when employed as a measure or rule, or marked by lines at regular intervals. |
Scale (n.) A mathematical instrument, consisting of a slip of wood, ivory, or metal, with one or more sets of spaces graduated and numbered on its surface, for measuring or laying off distances, etc., as in drawing, plotting, and the like. See Gunter's scale. |
Scale (n.) A series of spaces marked by lines, and representing proportionately larger distances |
Scale (n.) A basis for a numeral system |
Scale (n.) The graduated series of all the tones, ascending or descending, from the keynote to its octave |
Scale (n.) Gradation |
Scale (n.) Relative dimensions, without difference in proportion of parts |
Scale (v. t.) To climb by a ladder, or as if by a ladder |
Scale (v. i.) To lead up by steps |
Scale-winged (a.) Having the wings covered with small scalelike structures, as the Lepidoptera |
Tierce-major (n.) See Tierce, 4. |
economy of scale | the saving in cost of production that is due to mass production |
major surgery | any surgical procedure that involves anesthesia or respiratory assistance |
Binet-Simon Scale | the first intelligence test |
variola major variola major virus | a type of smallpox virus that has a fatality rate of up to percent |
scale | a flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animals |
fish scale | scale of the kind that covers the bodies of fish |
scale insect | small homopterous insect that usually lives and feeds on plants and secretes a protective waxy covering |
soft scale | an insect active in all stages |
brown soft scale Coccus hesperidum | pest on citrus trees |
armored scale | insect having a firm covering of wax especially in the female |
San Jose scale Aspidiotus perniciosus | small east Asian insect naturalized in the United States that damages fruit trees |
sergeant major Abudefduf saxatilis | large blue-grey black-striped damselfish, nearly worldwide |
major suit | (bridge) a suit of superior scoring value, either spades or hearts |
major tranquilizer major tranquillizer major tranquilliser antipsychotic drug antipsychotic agent antipsychotic neuroleptic drug neuroleptic agent neuroleptic | tranquilizer used to treat psychotic conditions when a calming effect is desired |
plate scale shell | a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners) |
scale | an indicator having a graduated sequence of marks |
scale weighing machine | a measuring instrument for weighing, shows amount of mass |
spring balance spring scale | a balance that measure weight by the tension on a helical spring |
steelyard lever scale beam scale | a portable balance consisting of a pivoted bar with arms of unequal length |
vernier scale vernier | a small movable scale that slides along a main scale, the small scale is calibrated to indicate fractional divisions of the main scale |
pH pH scale | (from potential of Hydrogen) the logarithm of the reciprocal of hydrogen-ion concentration in gram atoms per liter, provides a measure on a scale from to of the acidity or alkalinity of a solution (where is neutral and greater than is more basic and less than is more acidic), |
pectoralis major musculus pectoralis major greater pectoral muscle | a skeletal muscle that adducts and rotates the arm |
rhomboideus major muscle greater rhomboid muscle musculus rhomboideus major | rhomboid muscle that draws the scapula toward the spinal column |
teres major teres major muscle musculus teres major | teres muscle that moves the arm and rotates it medially |
scale value | a value on some scale of measurement |
major | the principal field of study of a student at a university, her major is linguistics |
major axis | the longest axis of an ellipse or ellipsoid, passes through the two foci |
major form class | any of the major parts of speech of traditional grammar |
major premise major premiss | the premise of a syllogism that contains the major term (which is the predicate of the conclusion) |
major term | the term in a syllogism that is the predicate of the conclusion |
scale musical scale | (music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave) |
diatonic scale | a scale with eight notes in an octave, all but two are separated by whole tones |
major scale major diatonic scale | a diatonic scale with notes separated by whole tones except for the rd and th and th and th |
minor scale minor diatonic scale | a diatonic scale with notes separated by whole tones except for the nd and rd and th and th |
chromatic scale | a -note scale including all the semitones of the octave |
gapped scale | a musical scale with fewer than seven notes |
pentatonic scale pentatone | a gapped scale with five notes, usually the fourth and seventh notes of the diatonic scale are omitted |
major key major mode | a key whose harmony is based on the major scale |
C major C major scale scale of C major | (music) the major scale having no sharps or flats |
major lobe | the maximum lobe in the radiation pattern which is intended to be along the forward axis and which gives the effect of a beam |
act of God force majeure vis major inevitable accident unavoidable casualty | a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events, he discovered that his house was not insured against acts of God |
major-league team major-league club | a team that plays in a major league |
world power major power great power power superpower | a state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world |
major league big league majors | the most important league in any sport (especially baseball) |
Libra Libra the Balance Balance Libra the Scales | the seventh sign of the zodiac, the sun is in this sign from about September to October |
Canis Major Great Dog | a constellation to the southeast of Orion, contains Sirius |
Great Bear Ursa Major | a constellation outside the zodiac that rotates around the North Star |
planet major planet | (astronomy) any of the nine large celestial bodies in the solar system that revolve around the sun and shine by reflected light, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto in order of their proximity to the sun, viewed from the constellation Hercules, all the planets rotate around the sun in a counterclockwise direction |
scale scurf exfoliation | a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin |
drum major | the leader of a marching band or drum corps |