Definitions for "main"
Keywords:  pipe, sprinkler, chief, duct, sewage
The chief or principal part; the main or most important thing.
principal duct or pipe, as distinguished from lesser ones; esp. (Engin.), a principal pipe leading to or from a reservoir; as, a fire main.
Principal; chief; first in size, rank, importance, etc.; as, the main reason to go; the main proponent.
Your primary character of all the characters you play.
The main canopy used on every jump and re-packed by the parachutist. It's always on the bottom of the container.
the parachute that a skydiver uses in the first instance. Colours/performance/design vary greatly according to personal preference.
Mid-America Interconnected Network – a North American Electric Reliability Council region.
Mid America Interconnected Network; one of the nine NERC Regional Reliability Councils.
Mid-America Interconnected Network, Inc. (MAIN) is one of the ten electric reliability councils comprising the North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC). The purpose of MAIN is to promote the reliable use of the interconnected electric systems with due regard for safety, environmental protection, and economy of service through coordinated planning, construction, operation, maintenance, and use of generation and transmission facilities on a regional basis.
Keywords:  dice, cockfighting, match, stake, throw
A hand or match at dice.
A stake played for at dice.
The largest throw in a match at dice; a throw at dice within given limits, as in the game of hazard.
A channel that carries water onto the meadow and spills it onto the panes.
any very large body of (salt) water
The Main (pronounced in German like the English word mine) is a river in Germany, 524 km long (including White Main 574 km), and one of the more significant tributaries of the Rhine river. It flows through the German states of Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg (forming the border to Bavaria for some miles) and Hessen. Its catchment basin competes with the Danube for water; as a result, much of its boundaries are identical with those of the European Watershed.
See Michigan Administrative Information Network.
Michigan Administrative Information Network. The name assigned to the project to replace the GA/FMIS accounting system used by the State. This project is built as modules so that additional components can broaden the base of information included in future years.
Strength; force; might; violent effort.
Political Administration The organ of communist party control over the armed forces of the Soviet Union and the other Warsaw Pact countries. An agency of both the communist party and ministry of defense, it is responsible for conducting ideological indoctrination and propaganda activities to prepare the armed forces of war.
of force; of the greatest possible intensity; "by main strength"
Keywords:  hamper
A main-hamper.
Main, was formed in 1991 by Robert Hampson and Scott Dawson, former members of Loop. They combine ambient sound with layers of electric guitars and dark, foreboding emotional overtones.
The Main are the feature races at an event. Racers run qualifiers or heats to decide which main they qualifiers. Top qualifiers will be in the A-main, next best will be in the B-main, and so on in each class. Winners of the Mains will be considered winners of the event. Report this Word Added by: gerwen
The final moto of a particular class to decide who wins.
main entry point into a class when the class is actually executed. For classes not meant to be the starting point of execution, a main is nevertheless useful for testing purposes. main always takes a string of arguments. package music; public class Music { private static Test monitor = new Test(); public static void tune(Instrument i) { i.play(Note.MIDDLE_C); } public static void main( String[] args ) { Wind flute = new Wind(); tune(flute); monitor.expect(new String[] { "Wind.play() Middle C" });
The largest mast on a sailing vessel. Many objects take part of their name from the mast they are connected to or affecting; e.g., mainsail or main braces.
The Main was a 1691 ton, iron sailing ship built by Russel & Company for the Nourse Line and launched in August 1884. She is recorded as having completed the journey from Sharpness to Calcutta on 20 July 1900 in 100 days but was mainly used to transport Indian indentured labourers to the colonies.
Keywords:  asl, browser
ASL Browser
(Act, Grand, Front, etc.) This curtain is the first curtain on the stage and generally goes floor to slightly above the proscenium arch and is opened and closed to reveal the production.
Keywords:  cutoff, fortran, supply, vent, drains
a line that brings power from generator, converter, or service-cutoff switch to the main distribution centre for power lines inside a building. It is the British term for power line.
The primary artery of supply of the water supply or drain system in which all the branches connect. In the case of drains, known as the Main Vent.
A distribution line that serves as a common source of supply for more than one service line.
Unqualified; absolute; entire; sheer.
Keywords:  workout, set
is the main set of the workout.
Keywords:  emanating, feeder, cable
a cable emanating from a feeder
Keywords:  vast, huge
Vast; huge.
The great sea, as distinguished from an arm, bay, etc. ; the high sea; the ocean.
The continent, as distinguished from an island; the mainland.
Keywords:  entr, meal, course, americans, call
A meal's main course (what Americans call "entrée").
of a clause; able to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence; "the main (or independent) clause in a complex sentence has at least a subject and a verb"
The function where a C program's execution begins. See also system startup code.
In C++, this is the first function that is called when a program is executed. When a program returns from main, execution has been completed.
Keywords:  pipeline, valve
Main valve on Pipeline
Keywords:  matrix, membership, minor
matrix membership minor most
Keywords:  extremely, heavy, strong
Very or extremely strong.
Very; extremely; as, main heavy.
Keywords:  prefix, stay, chains, component, back
Prefix referring a component of the mainmast... maintop, main-chains, main back-stay, etc.
Keywords:  character, resources, play, your, you
Your "main character," the one that you play the most often and put the most resources into.