dominant

pronunciation

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  • Noun:
    (music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale
  • Adjective:
    exercising influence or control
    of genes; producing the same phenotype whether its allele is identical or dissimilar

Word Origin

dominant (adj.)
mid-15c., from Middle French dominant (13c.), from Latin dominantem (nominative dominans), present participle of dominari (see domination). Music sense is from 1819. Sexual bondage sense by c. 1960. The noun is first recorded 1819, earliest in the musical sense.

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Antonym

adj.

recessive

Example

1. Mongolia 's dominant religion is similar to tibetan buddhism .
2. It is a dominant genetic disease .
3. Not only will these groups be numerically dominant they have all the money .
4. Usually that means the largest , most dominant company in a given industry or market segment .
5. China is set to become an economically dominant power .

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