(astronomy) A winter constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a dog following the hunter Orion. It includes the brightest star in the night sky, Sirius (sometimes called the Dog Star).

plural of major league

(music) A musical interval of the Western twelve-semitone system consisting of four semitones and spanning three degrees of the diatonic scale. Major scales are so named because of the major third interval between the tonic and mediant of a major tonic triad. It is enharmonically equivalent to a diminished fourth.

plural of major third

Alternative form of major league

(law) A greater force; "act of God"; unavoidable accident.

Alternative spelling of major general

A military officer in the armies of most nations, typically ranking below a lieutenant general and above a brigadier.

(logic) In a categorical syllogism, the premise whose terms are the syllogism's major term and middle term.

plural of major general