major key, major mode or major scale noun (music)

A key, mode or scale with its third a major third above the tonic

major orders plural noun

In the Roman Catholic Church, the higher degrees of holy orders, ie bishop, priest and deacon

major piece noun (chess)

A queen or rook

major planet noun

A planet of the solar system, as opposed to an asteroid

major premise noun (logic)

The premise in which the major term occurs

major suit noun (bridge)

Spades or hearts, valued more highly than diamonds or clubs

major term noun (logic)

The term which is the predicate of the conclusion

major third noun (music)

An interval of four semitones

major tone noun

An interval of vibration ratio 8:9

go over to or join the majority

To die

in the majority

Forming the larger group or number

mode /mōd/

1. A way or manner of acting, doing, happening or existing
2. Kind
3. Form
4. Manifestation
5. State of being (philosophy)
6. A method of operation as provided by the software (computing)
7. That which exists only as a quality of substance (philosophy)
8. A mood (grammar)
9. Character as necessary, contingent, possible or impossible (logic)
10. A mood (logic)
11. Actual percentage of mineral composition (petrology)
12. The value of greatest frequency (statistics)
13. Modality
14. Fashion
15. That which is fashionable
16. Fashionableness
17. A model of fashion (obsolete)
18. Alamode, or a garment made of it
19. Openwork between the solid parts of lace
20. The method of dividing the octave according to the position of its steps and half steps (music)
21. In old music, the method of time-division of notes (perfect into three, imperfect into two, major, division of large into longs, minor of long into breves)

modal /mōdˈl/ adjective

Relating to mode

A modal auxiliary

modˈalism noun

The doctrine first set forth by Sabellius that the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are not three distinct personalities but only three different modes of manifestation

modˈalist noun

A person who holds this theory

modalistˈic adjective

modality /mōd-alˈi-ti/ noun

1. Fact or condition of being modal
2. Mode
3. Method, terms, style
4. Any of the primary methods of sensation
5. Classification of propositions as to whether true, false, necessary, possible or impossible (logic)
6. The quality of being limited by a condition (law; obsolete)

modˈally adverb

modish /mōdˈish/ adjective

1. Fashionable
2. Affectedly, foolishly or absurdly fashionable

modˈishly adverb

modˈishness noun

modˈist noun

A follower of the current fashion

modiste /mō-dēst/ noun (French)

A professedly fashionable dressmaker or milliner

modal auxiliary or modal verb noun

In English, any of the verbs can, could, may, might, will, would, shall, should, must and ought, and sometimes need, dare and used to, which modify the sense of a main verb and express concepts such as politeness, certainty and obligation

mode dispersion noun (telecommunications)

In optical fibre communications, distortion of individual signals, caused by different modes of propagation of the light inside the fibre

modeˈ-locking noun (physics)

A technique for producing laser pulses of very short duration

Greek modes (music)

A set of modes (named Aeolian, Locrian, Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, etc) each consisting of two disjunct tetrachords with a whole tone (diazeuctic tone) between them, or two conjunct tetrachords with a whole tone above (where the prefix hyper- is used) or below them (where the prefix hypo- is used)

Gregorian, medieval or ecclesiastical modes

A set of modes that have the same names as Greek modes but do not correspond to them (see authentic and plagal)

major mode (music)

A modern mode consisting of two steps, a half step, three steps, and a half step

minor mode (music)

A modern mode consisting of a step, a half step, two steps, a half step, and two steps