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MAGISTRAL

Definitions: MAGISTRAL

MAGISTRAL

Adjective

1. Formulated extemporaneously, or for a special case; -- opposed to officinal, and said of prescriptions and medicines.

2. Commanded or prescribed by a magister, esp. by a doctor; hence, effectual; sovereign; as, a magistral sirup.

3. Pertaining to a master; magisterial; authoritative; dogmatic.

Noun

1. Powdered copper pyrites used in the amalgamation of ores of silver, as at the Spanish mines of Mexico and South America.

2. A magistral line.

3. A sovereign medicine or remedy.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 



Specialty Definitions: MAGISTRAL

DomainDefinitions

Biology & Biotechnology

Compounded according to a physician's prescription; prepared when ordered; not ready-made. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: MAGISTRAL

English words defined with "MAGISTRAL": Magistral line, MagistrallyOfficinal. (references)
Non-English Usage: "MAGISTRAL" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

French (magisterial, masterly), Portuguese (magisterial, magistral, masterless, masterly), Spanish (magisterial, magistral, masterly), Swedish (magisterial, magistral), Turkmen (thoroughfare).

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Modern Usage: MAGISTRAL

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Magistral (1983)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: MAGISTRAL

DomainTitle

Books

  • El deber profesional de informar : lección magistral leída en la apertura del curso, 1988-89 (reference)

  • El magistral Domínguez, gloria de Almería y de Guadix (reference)

  • La Cocina magistral 3 : lo mejor de restauradores (reference)

  • La escultura magistral de Lumbier (reference)

  • La experiencia jurídica de Roma : su proyección en el umbral del s. XXI : lección magistral impartida, en el solemnne acto (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Expression: MAGISTRAL

Expression using "MAGISTRAL": Magistral line. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: MAGISTRAL

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

magistral

10

farmacia magistral

7

farmácia magistral

6

font magistral

2

biotech magistral

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: MAGISTRAL

Language Translations for "MAGISTRAL"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

mësuesi, i caktuar (appointed, appointee, attached, certain, definite, detailed, determinate, explicit, express, finite, fixed, given, mounted, set, settled, specified, stated, strict, unequivocal), i autoritetshëm. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

гоÑподарÑки (lordly, magisterial, manorial, seigniorial), главна линиÑ, главен (arterial, capital, chief, decuman, general, grand, head, high, leading, main, major, master, pivotal, premier, primary, prime, principal, stellar), магиÑтрален (arterial), магиÑтрала (artery, parkway, thoroughfare, throughput, trunk, turnpike), авторитетен (authoritative, magisterial, potent, weighty), предпиÑан (regulation, set). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

æƒå¨ (Authoritative, Commandingly, insignia). (various references)

   

Czech

  

uèitelský (pedagogical, teaching, tutorial), hlavní (big, capital city, Cardinal, chief, decuman, essential, leading, main, major, prime, principal, staple, star). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

magistraal (extemporaneous). (various references)

   

French

  

magistral (magisterial, masterly). (various references)

   

German

  

magistral (extemporaneous). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

magisztrális (magisterial). (various references)

   

Italian

  

magistrale (magisterial, masterly, skilful, skillful). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

agistralmay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

magistratura (judgeship, judicature, judicial, judiciary, justice of the peace, justiciable, the Bench), magistral (magisterial, masterless, masterly). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

profesoral (didactic, professorial, professorially, teacher's), juridicar (magisterial), de magistru. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

главный (best, capital, central, general, governing, grand, head, hegemonic, main, major, primal, primary, prime, principal), преподавательÑкий, поучающий. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

majstorski (crack-a-jack, magisterial, master, masterly), specijalno napravljen, glavni (arch, basic, capital, cardinal, chief, general, head, key, leading, main, major, paramount, premier, prime, principal, salient, trunk). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

magistral (magisterial, masterly). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

magistral (magisterial), lärar- (teaching). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

reçete ile hazırlanan. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: MAGISTRAL

Derivations

Words beginning with "MAGISTRAL": magistrally. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: MAGISTRAL

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-g-i-l-m-r-s-t"

-1 letter: alarmist.

-2 letters: amritas, argalis, gastral, lariats, latrias, marital, martial, mistral, ramtils, stigmal, tamaris.

-3 letters: agrias, alarms, altars, amigas, amrita, argali, argals, argils, arista, astral, atrial, gaslit, glairs, graals, grails, gramas, gratis, lamias, lariat, latria, malars, mitral, ramtil, ratals, riatas, salami, smalti, stalag, stigma, taigas, talars, tamals, tamari, tarsal, tarsia, tiaras, trails, trials.

-4 letters: agars, agism, agist, agmas, agria, airts, alarm, algas, alias, alist, almas, altar, amias, amiga, amirs, argal, argil, arias, arils, artal, astir, atlas, atmas, atria, gaits, galas, gamas, gilts, girls, girts, glair, glias, glims, graal, grail, grama, grams, grist, grits, laari, lairs, lamas, lamia, laris, liars, limas, liras, litas, maars, mails, mairs, maist, malar, malts, maria, marls, marts, milts, ragas, ragis, raias, rails, ratal, rials, riata, saiga, salmi, sigma, simar, sitar, smalt, smart, staig, stair, stria, taiga, tails, talar, talas, tamal, tamis, tarsi, tiara, tirls, tragi, trail, trams, trial, trigs, trims.

-5 letters: aals, agar, agas, agma, ails, aims, airs, airt, aits, alar, alas, alga, alit, alma, alms, alts, amas, amia, amir, amis, aria, aril, arms, arts, atma, gait, gala, gals, gama, gams, gars, gast, gats, gilt, girl, girt, gist, gits, glia, glim, gram, grat, grim, grit, lags, lair, lama, lams, lari, lars, last, lati, lats, liar, lima, lira, list, lits, maar, magi, mags, mail, mair, malt, marl, mars, mart, mast, mats, migs, mils, milt, mirs, mist, raga, ragi, rags, raia, rail, rami, rams, rats, rial, rias, rigs, rims, saga, sail, salt, sari, sati, sial, silt, sima, slag, slam, slat, slim, slit, smit, stag, star, stir, tags, tail, tala, tali, tams, tars, tils, tirl, tram, trig, trim, tsar.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-g-i-l-m-r-s-t"
 

+2 letters: madrigalist, magisterial, magistrally, martingales.

 

+3 letters: madrigalists.

 

+4 letters: gastronomical, magisterially, magistratical, malariologist, marginalities, materialising.

 

+5 letters: agglomerations, antilogarithms, egalitarianism, ergastoplasmic, glamorizations, malariologists, mistranslating, pharmacologist, spermatogonial.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: MAGISTRAL


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4D 41 47 49 53 54 52 41 4C

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

--    .-    --.    ..    ...    -    .-.    .-    .-..

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001101 01000001 01000111 01001001 01010011 01010100 01010010 01000001 01001100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#77 &#65 &#71 &#73 &#83 &#84 &#82 &#65 &#76

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004D 0041 0047 0049 0053 0054 0052 0041 004C

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

473541435354523546

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Expressions
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Derivations
9. Anagrams
10. Orthography
11. Bibliography


  

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