major
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～ a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines; below lieutenant colonel and above captain
major depressive episode
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～ (psychiatry) a state of depression with all the classic symptoms (anhedonia and lethargy and sleep disturbance and despondency and morbid thoughts and feelings of worthlessness and sometimes attempted suicide) but with no known organic dysfunction
major lobe
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～ the maximum lobe in the radiation pattern which is intended to be along the forward axis and which gives the effect of a beam
major form class
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～ any of the major parts of speech of traditional grammar
major axis
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～ the longest axis of an ellipse or ellipsoid; passes through the two foci
major fast day
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～ one of two major fast days on the Jewish calendar
major league
— Noun
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～ the most important league in any sport (especially baseball)
major key
— Noun
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～ a key whose harmony is based on the major scale
major
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～ a university student who is studying a particular field as the principal subject; "she is a linguistics major"
major-domo
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～ the chief steward or butler of a great household
major affective disorder
— Noun
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～ any mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities of the brain and in which a major disturbance of emotions is predominant