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1 majority
большинство, большая часть (употребляется только с исчисляемыми существительными, например a majority of people [ но не a majority of the work]; в сочетании с of обычно согласуется с глаголом во множественном числе)The majority of shares were bought by existing shareholders. The majority of transgressors are apprehended within 24 hours of the crime. The majority of the plays produced were failures (G. B. Shaw).
( Для обозначения совокупности людей the majority может употребляться с глаголом как во множественном, так и в единственном числе)When great changes occur in history, when great principles are involved, as a rule the majority are wrong. The minority are right. The majority are driving their own cars. но: The majority never has right on its side.
great majority Moral Majorityin the majority --- в большинстве A man with God is always in the majority. (John Knox)
Русско-английский словарь механических и общенаучных терминов > majority
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2 majority
أَغْلَبيَّة \ majority: the greater part or number: The majority of the people support the government. \ أَكْثَرِيّة \ majority: the greater part or number: The majority of the people support the government. \ غالِبيَّة \ majority. -
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[məˈdʒɔ-] plural maˈjorities noun1) the greater number:الأكثَرِيَّهthe majority of people.
2) the difference between a greater and a smaller number:أغْلَبيَّهThe Democratic Party won by/with a majority of six hundred votes.
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4 Majority Opinion
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5 majority
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6 majority voted
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7 majority corrector
Англо-русский словарь промышленной и научной лексики > majority corrector
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8 majority discrimination
Англо-русский словарь промышленной и научной лексики > majority discrimination
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9 majority logic decoding
abbr. MLDАнгло-русский словарь промышленной и научной лексики > majority logic decoding
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10 majority logic detector
Англо-русский словарь промышленной и научной лексики > majority logic detector
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11 majority reserve (for increasing reliability of gyro navigation system)
Англо-русский словарь промышленной и научной лексики > majority reserve (for increasing reliability of gyro navigation system)
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12 majority voting
мажоритарное голосование (выбор из заданной совокупности значений того значения, которое встречается наибольшее число раз)Англо-русский словарь промышленной и научной лексики > majority voting
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13 majority voting arrangement
устройство «голосования большинством» (отключает канал управления, сигнал которого отличается от сигналов других каналов)устройство «голосования большинством» (отключает канал управления, сигнал которого отличается от сигналов хотя бы двух других каналов)Англо-русский словарь промышленной и научной лексики > majority voting arrangement
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14 majority-decoded ARQ
Англо-русский словарь промышленной и научной лексики > majority-decoded ARQ
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15 majority shareholder
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16 Moral Majority
In the US, a right-wing political movement emphasizing traditional moral standards in society and drawing support mainly from fundamentalist Christian groups. Hence more generally (as moral majority), upholders of traditional right-wing social values. So named because it claims to represent a majority of the American people favouring the re-establishment of moral standards.The Moral Majority movement was founded by Revd Jerry Falwell in Washington DC at the end of the seventies, originally as a 'legislative research foundation' to promote conservative Christian viewpoints.
Русско-английский словарь механических и общенаучных терминов > Moral Majority
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17 great majority
Русско-английский словарь механических и общенаучных терминов > great majority
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18 the great majority
Русско-английский словарь механических и общенаучных терминов > the great majority
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19 the age of majority
legal adulthood (in Britain, eighteen years of age):سِن الرُّشْدHe has not yet reached the age of majority.
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20 Chads were made famous in the highly contentious 2000 presidential election in the United States, where a majority in the U.S. Electoral College was determined in Florida by the counting of punch card ballots. Voters
General subject: dimpled chads (АБ), hanging chads (АБ), pregnant chads (АБ)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > Chads were made famous in the highly contentious 2000 presidential election in the United States, where a majority in the U.S. Electoral College was determined in Florida by the counting of punch card ballots. Voters
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