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Dominant

//ˈdɒmɪnənt// adj, noun

Adjective

1
Ruling; governing; prevailing
"The dominant party controlled the government."
2
Predominant, common, prevalent, of greatest importance.
"The dominant plants of the Carboniferous were lycopods and early conifers."
3
Preferred and used with greater dexterity than the other, as the right hand of a right-handed person or the left hand of a left-handed one.
4
Designating the follicle which will survive atresia and permit ovulation.
5
Being the dominant
"Dominant seventh"

Adjective

1
exercising influence or control wordnet
2
(of genes) producing the same phenotype whether its allele is identical or dissimilar wordnet
3
most frequent or common wordnet

Noun

1
The fifth major tone of a musical scale (five major steps above the note in question); thus G is the dominant of C, A of D, and so on.
2
an allele that produces the same phenotype whether its paired allele is identical or different wordnet
3
The triad built on the dominant tone.
4
(music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale wordnet
5
Of an allele, that a heterozygote for the allele has the same phenotype as the homozygote.
"Finally, if we suppose provisionally that the mutant genes are dominant just as often as they are recessive, selection will be far more severe in eliminating the disadvantageous dominants than in eliminating the disadvantageous recessives."

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6
A species or organism that is dominant.
"Landowners cannot afford to cut submerchantable trees, yet many hesitate to cut merchantable dominants and codominants at the risk of downgrading the residual stand."
7
The dominating partner in sadomasochistic sexual activity.
"This calendar is not for the faint of heart (unless you have some strong butch dominant to hold you while you swoon)"

Etymology 1

From Middle French dominant.

Etymology 2

From Middle French dominant.

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