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masterPrimary, controlling. See master-slave communications and master file. master 1. a great artist, esp an anonymous but influential artist 2. the principal of some colleges 3. a graduate holding a master's degree 4. the chief executive officer aboard a merchant ship 5. Chiefly Brit a male teacher 6. an officer of the Supreme Court of Judicature subordinate to a judge 7. a machine or device that operates to control a similar one 8. the heir apparent of a Scottish viscount or baron master [′mas·tər] (engineering) A device which controls subsidiary devices. A precise workpiece through which duplicates are made. (engineering acoustics) (navigation)
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| But when probed to the quick upon it, they show at the bottom of their souls pride and vainglory in their condition of masterdom. In the medieval sense of masterpiece as an object prepared for admittance to masterdom, Siza has undoubtedly joined the master builders. |
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