Definitions for Dominance
dom·i·nance

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. laterality, dominancenoun

   superior development of one side of the body

2. dominance, ascendance, ascendence, ascendancy, ascendency, controlnoun

   the state that exists when one person or group has power over another

   "her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her"

3. dominancenoun

   the organic phenomenon in which one of a pair of alleles present in a genotype is expressed in the phenotype and the other allele of the pair is not

4. authority, authorization, authorisation, potency, dominance, say-sonoun

   the power or right to give orders or make decisions

   "he has the authority to issue warrants"; "deputies are given authorization to make arrests"; "a place of potency in the state"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dominancenoun

   The state of being dominant; of prime importance; supremacy.

2. dominancenoun

   Being in a position of power, authority or ascendancy over others.

3. dominancenoun

   The superior development or preference for one side of the body or of one of a pair of organs; such as being right-handed.

4. dominancenoun

   The property of a gene such that it supresses the expression of its allele.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Dominancenoun

   alt. of Dominancy

Matched Categories

1. • Bodily Property
   • Genetics
   • Organic Phenomenon

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Dominance' in Nouns Frequency: #2841

Anagrams for Dominance »

1. demicanon

How to pronounce Dominance?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Dominance in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Dominance in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of Dominance in a Sentence

1. Pete Stauber:

   Unleashing American energy and mineral dominance will be a priority of the Republican majority, and it starts with real permitting reforming, especially for mining, my Permitting for Mining Needs Act will improve our permitting process and limit frivolous litigation.

2. Criminologist Simon Harding:

   They know that acid can be very damaging and very destructive and they are in many ways seeking to mark their victim with an act of dominance or a mark of control, demonstrating their power and their ability to get to you at any time. They call( acid)' torture in a bottle' and they want to be able to take their rival out of the game.

3. Oregon State coach Scott Rueck:

   I dont think its up for discussion who No. 1 is. Louisville, Stanford, N.C. State, Mississippi State and UCLA rounded out the first 10 teams, which were unchanged from the previous poll. Before this season, South Carolina had never finished the season higher than No. 3. The Gamecocks topped the Top 25 the final 10 weeks of a season cut short before the NCAA Tournament by concerns about spreading the coronavirus pandemic. The AP has always released The AP final poll of the season before the start of the tournament that settles the national championship. Staley said she wasnt sure if The Gamecocks might recognize this achievement next year with a banner or something else since there was no tournament. I want to highlight our year. Only fitting for our seniors, only fitting for our team we put together, she said. Fitting to recognize what was accomplished this year for us. The Ducks, led by star Sabrina Ionescu, were ranked No. 1 for four weeks during the season. Their previous best finish in the poll was sixth two seasons ago. Its really neat. Going into the tournament we had the strongest resume and were playing really, really well, Ducks coach Kelly Graves said. UConns final ranking was its lowest since the team finished eighth in the last poll of the 2005-06 season. UConn had been four or higher every season since. Northwestern, which shared the regular-season Big Ten title, was 11th. Its the best finish for the Wildcats ever, topping their 13th-place ranking in 1990. Its only the sixth time in school history the team was ranked in the final poll. Its been a wild ride, Northwestern coach Joe McKeown said. Weve had so many people enjoy watching the program this year and see it grow. Im sad we didnt get a chance to play in the NCAA Tournament, but we have a great young group. CONFERENCE DOMINANCE The Pac-12 has been the top conference in the poll all season and finished with three teams in the first 10 and six in the Top 25. I feel like we have been doing that for a while now. I think back to four years ago, I think the conference statistically might have been a little stronger throughout that year, 2017.

4. Pamela Keel:

   The dominance of Instagram among the age group that was already at greatest risk of eating disorders is one [ issue ], you've got a vicious cycle : You've got a group who are at elevated risk of these problems demonstrating to this artificial intelligence that this is what grabs their attention, and then that artificial intelligence says,' Here let me give you more of this.' ... It's just a perfect storm.

5. Shiladitya DasSarma:

   That's where it might make a difference when we look at exoplanets. We would want to consider that the pigments on an alien planet might be different than what we have on modern Earth, and if the Purple Earth hypothesis was correct and there was a dominance of purple organisms in the early Earth, then we might be able to find another planet that's at an earlier stage of evolution of the planet, where the purple pigments might have dominated.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Dominance
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Dominance
3. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Dominance