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& 8. [Lat.,=greater; comp. of mag nus great; Sp. mayor; Port. mai or, mayor; Ital. maggiore; O. Fr. major; Fr. majeur.] A. As adjective : I. Ordinary Language: 1. Greater in number, quantity or extent; larger. "The major part of your syllables." Shakesp.: Coriolanus, ii. 1. chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; IMG:content-0846.png:[blocks in formation] major-premise, s. Logic: That premise of a syllogism which con tains the major term. major-proposition, s. Logic : (See extract.) "The proposition which contains the predicate of the conclusion, connected with the middle term, is usually called the major - proposition , whereas the minor proposition connects the middle term with the subject of the conclusion." -Watts: Logic , pt. ii., ch. ii. major-scale, s. Music: A scale having a major third from the tonic in an ascending series. major-term, s. Logic: (See extract.) "The predicate of the conclusion is called the major . term, because it is generally of a larger extension than the minor term, or subject."-Watts: Logic , pt. iii., ch. ii.