What does dominant mean?
Definitions for dominant
ˈdɒm ə nəntdom·i·nant
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word dominant.
Princeton's WordNet
dominantnoun
(music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale
dominant allele, dominantadjective
an allele that produces the same phenotype whether its paired allele is identical or different
dominantadjective
exercising influence or control
"television plays a dominant role in molding public opinion"; "the dominant partner in the marriage"
dominantadjective
(of genes) producing the same phenotype whether its allele is identical or dissimilar
prevailing, prevalent, predominant, dominant, rifeadjective
most frequent or common
"prevailing winds"
Wiktionary
dominantnoun
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.
dominantnoun
The triad built on the dominant tone.
dominantadjective
Ruling; governing; prevailing; controlling; as, the dominant party, church, spirit, power.
The dominant party controlled the government.
dominantadjective
Predominant, common, prevalent, of greatest importance.
The dominant plants of the Carboniferous were lycopods and early conifers.
Etymology: From dominant.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Dominantadjective
Predominant; presiding; ascendant.
Etymology: dominant, French; dominans, Latin.
ChatGPT
dominant
Dominant refers to something that is predominant, controlling, exercising the most influence or power, or most common or noticeable. This term is used in various fields such as biology, genetics, music, sociology, and more, often indicating superiority or supremacy.
Webster Dictionary
Dominantadjective
ruling; governing; prevailing; controlling; predominant; as, the dominant party, church, spirit, power
Dominantnoun
the fifth tone of the scale; thus G is the dominant of C, A of D, and so on
Wikidata
Dominant
In music, the dominant is the fifth scale degree of the diatonic scale, called "dominant" because it is next in importance to the tonic, and a dominant chord is any chord built upon that pitch, using the notes of the same diatonic scale. The dominant function has the role of creating instability that requires the tonic for resolution. For example, in the C major scale, the dominant is the note G; and the dominant triad consists of the notes G, B, and D.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Dominant
dom′in-ant, adj. prevailing: predominant.—n. (mus.) the fifth note of the scale in its relation to the first and third.—ns. Dom′inance, Dom′inancy, ascendency.—adv. Dom′inantly. [L. dominans, -antis, pr.p. of domināri, to be master.]
Entomology
Dominant
a character more constant and conspicuous than any other: a type or series occurring in large numbers both as to genera, species and individuals and in which differentiation is yet active.
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'dominant' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3179
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'dominant' in Adjectives Frequency: #440
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of dominant in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of dominant in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of dominant in a Sentence
Paul’s texting increased, telling me how excited Paul Marciano was to see me, that Paul Marciano wanted me to change in front of Paul Marciano so Paul Marciano could see my naked body getting into Paul Marciano clothes. Paul Marciano asked if I thought of Paul Marciano when I was posing sexy on set. All the language Paul Marciano used was extremely dominant and possessive. At one point, to avoid Paul coming to set, I told him my boyfriend was going to be there. He was absolutely furious at that. It was an emotional and non-stop battle of games, power struggles and creative avoidance tactics.
Gazprom is dominant in all these markets, our preliminary view alleges that Gazprom is abusing this position.
P1 was as big as they get in southern California, about 150 pounds, these dominant males are the ones that breed — they won’t tolerate other adult males in their territory.
When we started going out into the field and collecting them and actually finding them in breeding condition or as dominant males, theyre stunningly beautiful, i think thats what the amateur community was keying in on. Theyre the ones detecting life color, and that was really instructive in determining this was a different species.
I think we could be a really dominant line, we’re still a work in progress chemistry-wise. It’s not going to happen overnight.
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- مهيمنArabic
- преобладаващ, господстващ, доминантаBulgarian
- dominanta, převládající, dominantníCzech
- dominantGerman
- κυρίαρχοGreek
- dominanteSpanish
- غالبPersian
- vallitseva, hallitsevaFinnish
- dominantFrench
- דומיננטיHebrew
- प्रमुखHindi
- dominanteItalian
- דומיננטיHebrew
- 支配的Japanese
- dominatur,Latin
- dominanMalay
- dominerendeNorwegian
- dominującyPolish
- dominantePortuguese
- predominant, dominantă, dominant, preponderentRomanian
- преоблада́ющий, госпо́дствующий, домини́рующийRussian
- dominant, dominerandeSwedish
- மேலாதிக்கTamil
- เด่นThai
- trộiVietnamese
- 优势Chinese
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