dominant

Meanings

Plural: dominants

Noun

• (music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale
• an allele that produces the same phenotype whether its paired allele is identical or different
• 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.
• The triad built on the dominant tone.
• Of an allele, that a heterozygote for the allele has the same phenotype as the homozygote.
• A species or organism that is dominant.
• The dominating partner in sadomasochistic sexual activity.

Adjective

• exercising influence or control
  • "television plays a dominant role in molding public opinion"
  • "the dominant partner in the marriage"
• (of genes) producing the same phenotype whether its allele is identical or dissimilar

Adjective Satellite

• most frequent or common

Adj

• Ruling; governing; prevailing
• Predominant, common, prevalent, of greatest importance.
• Preferred and used with greater dexterity than the other, as the right hand of a right-handed person or the left hand of a left-handed one.
• Designating the follicle which will survive atresia and permit ovulation.
• Being the dominant

Synonyms

dominant allele, dominator, imposing, predominant, prevailing, prevalent, rife

Antonyms

defiant, obedient, rebellious, recessive, submissive, subordinate

Anagrams of dominant