资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Magistral \Mag"is*tral\, a. [L. magistralis: cf. F. magistral.
See {Magistrate}.]
1. Pertaining to a master; magisterial; authoritative;
dogmatic.
2. Commanded or prescribed by a magister, esp. by a doctor;
hence, effectual; sovereign; as, a magistral sirup. ``Some
magistral opiate.'' --Bacon.
3. (Pharmacy) Formulated extemporaneously, or for a special
case; -- opposed to {officinal}, and said of prescriptions
and medicines. --Dunglison.
{Magistral line} (Fort.), the guiding line, or outline, or
outline, by which the form of the work is determined. It
is usually the crest line of the parapet in fieldworks, or
the top line of the escarp in permanent fortifications.