ALL meanings of dominant
dom·i·nant
D d - adjective dominant person: dominating 1
- adjective dominant gene: prevailing 1
- adjective dominant hand: preferred 1
- adjective dominant ruling, governing, or controlling; having or exerting authority or influence: dominant in the chain of command. 1
- adjective dominant occupying or being in a commanding or elevated position. 1
- adjective dominant predominant; main; major; chief: Corn is the dominant crop of Iowa. 1
- adjective dominant Genetics. of or relating to a dominant. 1
- adjective dominant Music. pertaining to or based on the dominant: the dominant chord. 1
- noun dominant Genetics. the one of a pair of alternative alleles that masks the effect of the other when both are present in the same cell or organism. the trait or character determined by such an allele. Compare recessive (defs 4, 5). 1
- noun dominant Music. the fifth tone of a diatonic scale. 1
- noun dominant Ecology. any of one or more types of plants, or sometimes animals, that by virtue of abundance, size, or habits exert so important an influence on the conditions of an area as to determine, to a great extent, what other organisms can live there. 1
- noun dominant Most important, powerful, or influential. 1
- adjective dominant Someone or something that is dominant is more powerful, successful, influential, or noticeable than other people or things. 0
- adjective dominant A dominant gene is one that produces a particular characteristic, whether a person has only one of these genes from one parent, or two genes, one from each parent. Compare recessive. 0
- adjective dominant having primary control, authority, or influence; governing; ruling 0
- adjective dominant predominant or primary 0
- adjective dominant occupying a commanding position 0
- adjective dominant (of an allele) producing the same phenotype in the organism irrespective of whether the allele of the same gene is identical or dissimilar 0
- adjective dominant (of a character) controlled by such a gene 0
- adjective dominant of or relating to the fifth degree of a scale 0
- adjective dominant (of a plant or animal species within a community) more prevalent than any other species and determining the appearance and composition of the community 0
- noun dominant a dominant allele or character 0
- noun dominant an organism having such an allele or character 0
- noun dominant the fifth degree of a scale and the second in importance after the tonic 0
- noun dominant a key or chord based on this 0
- noun dominant a dominant plant or animal in a community 0
- adjective dominant exercising authority or influence; dominating; ruling; prevailing 0
- adjective dominant designating or relating to that one of any pair of allelic hereditary factors which, when both are present in the germ plasm, dominates over the other and appears in the organism 0
- adjective dominant of or based upon the fifth tone of a diatonic scale 0
- noun dominant that species of plant or animal most numerous in a community or exercising control over the other organisms by its influence upon the environment 0
- noun dominant a dominant character or factor 0
- noun dominant the fifth note of a diatonic scale 0
- noun dominant (music) 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. 0
- noun dominant (music) The triad built on the dominant tone. 0
- noun dominant (genetics) A gene that is dominant. 0
- noun dominant (BDSM) The dominating partner in sadomasochistic sexual activity. 0
- adjective dominant Ruling; governing; prevailing; controlling. 0
- adjective dominant Predominant, common, prevalent, of greatest importance. 0
- adjective dominant (medicine) Designating the follicle which will survive atresia and permit ovulation. 0