main

n. principal pipe or duct in a system; chief part of something; strength or force; high sea, part of the ocean where no land can be seen

adj. principal, head, chief

The Main (pronounced in German (Mein) like the English word mine) is a river in Germany, 524 km (329 mile) long (including White Main, 574 km (357 mi)), 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 Hesse. Its catchment basin competes with the Danube for water; as a result, much of its boundaries are identical with those of the European Watershed. The Main is formed near Kulmbach by the joining of its two headstreams, the Red Main and the White Main. The former rises from the Frankish Alb, 50 km (30 mi) in length, and runs through Creussen and Bayreuth. The latter's source is located in the mountains of the Fichtelgebirge; it is 41 km (25 mi) long. Major tributaries of the Main are the Regnitz, the Fränkische Saale, the Tauber, and the Nidda River.
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In some programming languages, the main function is where a program starts execution. It is generally the first user-written function run when a program starts (some system-specific software generally runs before the main function), though some languages (notably C++ with global objects that have constructors) can execute user-written functions before main runs. The main function usually organizes at a high level the functionality of the rest of the program. The main function typically has access to the arguments given to the program at the command line.
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Noun
1. any very large body of (salt) water
(synonym) briny
(hypernym) body of water, water
(part-holonym) hydrosphere
(part-meronym) high sea, international waters
2. a principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or electricity or that collects sewage
(hypernym) pipe, pipage, piping
(hyponym) electric main
(part-holonym) infrastructure, base
Adjective
1. most important element; "the chief aim of living"; "the main doors were of solid glass"; "the principal rivers of America"; "the principal example"; "policemen were primary targets"
(synonym) chief(a), main(a), primary(a), principal(a)
(similar) important, of import
2. 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"
(synonym) independent, main(a)
(classification) grammar
3. of force; of the greatest possible intensity; "by main strength"
(synonym) main(a)
(similar) intense

n. Main, river in Germany

n. hand, handwriting; help