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1. (adj.) dominant
ruling or controlling; having or exerting authority.
2. dominant
occupying a commanding or elevated position.
3. dominant
predominant; chief or foremost.
4. dominant
Genetics.
5. dominant
of or pertaining to that allele of a gene pair that masks the effect of the other when both are present in the same cell or organism.
6. dominant
of or pertaining to the hereditary trait determined by such an allele.
7. dominant
pertaining to or based on the dominant in music.
8. (n.) dominant
Genetics.
9. dominant
the dominant allele of a gene pair.
10. dominant
the individual carrying such an allele.
11. dominant
a dominant trait.
12. dominant
the fifth tone of a diatonic scale.
13. dominant
Ecol. any plant or sometimes animal that by virtue of its abundance, size, or habits exerts such an influence on the conditions of an area as to determine what other organisms can live there.
Etymology: (1525–35; < L dominant-)
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1. (noun) dominant
(music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale
2. (adj) dominant allele, dominant
an allele that produces the same phenotype whether its paired allele is identical or different
3. (adj) dominant
exercising influence or control
"television plays a dominant role in molding public opinion"; "the dominant partner in the marriage"
4. (adj) dominant
(of genes) producing the same phenotype whether its allele is identical or dissimilar
5. (adj) prevailing, prevalent, predominant, dominant, rife
most frequent or common
"prevailing winds"
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1. (adjective) dominant
≠ minor
dominant political parties
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) Dominant
ruling; governing; prevailing; controlling; predominant; as, the dominant party, church, spirit, power
2. (noun) Dominant
the fifth tone of the scale; thus G is the dominant of C, A of D, and so on
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Sense: ruling; most important; strongest
the dominant group in society; Green was the dominant colour in the room.
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 Afrikaans: dominante, oorheersende |
 Arabic: مُسَيْطِر، غالِب |
 Bulgarian: господстващ |
 Brazilian: dominante |
 Czech: dominantní |
 German: beherrschend |
 Danish: dominant; dominerende |
 Greek: κυρίαρχος |
 Spanish: dominante |
 Estonian: valitsev |
 Farsi: غالب؛ برتر |
 Finnish: määräävä |
 French: dominant |
 Hebrew: שוֹלֶט |
 Hindi: प्रबल, प्रधान |
 Croatian: dominant |
 Hungarian: uralkodó |
 Indonesian: paling kuat, dominan |
 Icelandic: ríkjandi, ráðandi, mest á |
 Italian: dominante |
 Japanese: 支配的な |
 Korean: 지배적인 |
 Lithuanian: vyraujantis, viešpataujan |
 Latvian: dominējošs; valdošs |
 Malay: dominan |
 Dutch: overheersend |
 Norwegian: dominerende |
 Polish: dominujący |
 Persian: غالب؛ برتر |
 Pashto: دواك څښتن، مسلط، حاكم |
 Portuguese: dominante |
 Romanian: dominant |
 Russian: преобладающий |
 Slovak: rozhodujúci, prevládajúci |
 Slovenian: vladajoč; prevladujoč |
 Serbian: dominantan |
 Swedish: dominerande, [för]härskan |
 Thai: ที่มีอำนาจเหนือกว่า; ซึ่ง |
 Turkish: hükmeden, egemen, hâkim |
 Taiwanese: 佔優勢的，支配的 |
 Ukrainian: панівний; домінуючий |
 Urdu: حاوی ، مسلط |
 Vietnamese: quan trọng nhất |
 Chinese: 占优势的，支配的 |
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