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Greater by a semitone, either in interval or in difference ofpitch from another tone. Major axis (Geom.), the greater axis. SeeFocus, n., 2.-- Major key (Mus.), a key in which one and two, two and three, fourand five, five and six and seven, make major seconds, and three andfour, and seven and eight, make minor seconds.-- Major offense (Law), an offense of a greater degree whichcontains a lesser offense, as murder and robbery include assault.-- Major premise (Logic), that premise of a syllogism which containsthe major term.-- Major scale (Mus.), the natural diatonic scale, which hassemitones between the third and fourth, and seventh and fourth, andseventh and eighth degrees; the scale of the major mode, of which thethird is major. See Scale, and Diatonic.-- Major second (Mus.), a second between whose tones is a differencein pitch of a step.-- Major sixth (Mus.), a sixth of four steps and a half step. Inmajor keys the third and sixth from the key tone are major. Majorkeys and intervals, as distinguished from minors, are more cheerful.-- Major term (Logic), that term of a syllogism which forms thepredicate of the conclusion.-- Major third (Mus.), a third of two steps.