Facts About Caffeine. Caffeine is a stimulant and a diuretic. Because caffeine is a stimulant, it increases your blood pressure and heart rate, both of which are not recommended during pregnancy. Caffeine also increases the frequency of urination. This causes reduction in your body fluid levels and can lead to dehydration. Caffeine crosses the placenta to your baby.
A doctrine by which a numerical majority of an organized group holds the power to make decisions binding on all in the group. Noun. 1. majority rule - the doctrine that the numerical majority of an organized group can make decisions binding on the whole group. democracy. doctrine, ism, philosophical system, philosophy, school of thought - a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school.
A majority is the greater part, or more than half, of the total. It is a subset of a set consisting of more than half of the set's elements. Majority can be used to specify the voting requirement, as in a majority vote. A majority vote is more than half of the votes cast. A majority can be compared to a plurality, which is a subset larger than any other subset considered. A plurality is not necessarily a majority as the largest subset considered may consist of less than half the set's elements.