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majorant

/ˈmeɪ.d͡ʒəɹ.ənt/

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Borrowed from French majorant, present participle of majorer (“to majorate, to dominate”), from Latin maior. By surface analysis, major + -ant.

noun majorants

A function, or an element of a set, that dominates others or is greater than all others.

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noun function that dominates others

Deutsch	Majorante
Italiano	maggiorante

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@misc{majorant_2026,
  title = {majorant},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/majorant},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}