dominant

/dɑmənənt/ adjectivenoun
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DEFINITIONS5
ADJECTIVE
1

Most frequent or common.

2

Exercising influence or control.

“television plays a dominant role in molding public opinion”

“the dominant partner in the marriage”

3

(of genes) producing the same phenotype whether its allele is identical or dissimilar.

NOUN
1

An allele that produces the same phenotype whether its paired allele is identical or different.

2

(music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale.

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Related formdominate
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Syllablesdom · i · nant
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