| DOMINANT | • dominant n. (Music) The fifth major tone of a musical scale (five major steps above the note in question); thus… • dominant n. (Music) The triad built on the dominant tone. • dominant n. (Genetics) A gene that is dominant. |
| DOMINANTS | • dominants n. Plural of dominant. • DOMINANT n. a controlling genetic character. |
| CODOMINANT | • codominant adj. Equally dominant. • codominant adj. (Genetics) Describing two or more alleles that are equally dominant. • codominant n. A species or organism that jointly dominates a region. |
| DOMINANTLY | • dominantly adv. In a dominant manner. • DOMINANT adv. controlling. |
| CODOMINANTS | • codominants n. Plural of codominant. • CODOMINANT n. one of two or more species sharing domination of an area. |
| NONDOMINANT | • nondominant adj. Not dominant. • nondominant n. A person or organism that is not dominant. • NONDOMINANT adj. not dominant. |
| PREDOMINANT | • predominant adj. Common or widespread; prevalent. • predominant adj. Significant or important; dominant. • predominant n. (Music) A subdominant. |
| SUBDOMINANT | • subdominant n. (Music) The fourth tone of a scale. • subdominant n. (Music) The triad built on the subdominant tone. • SUBDOMINANT n. the fourth degree of the diatonic scale, e.g. F in the scale of C. |
| OVERDOMINANT | • overdominant adj. Excessively dominant. • overdominant adj. (Genetics) Exhibiting overdominance. • OVERDOMINANT adj. excessively dominant. |
| SEMIDOMINANT | • semidominant adj. (Genetics) Exhibiting incomplete dominance. • SEMIDOMINANT adj. producing an intermediate phenotype in the heterozygous condition. |
| SUBDOMINANTS | • subdominants n. Plural of subdominant. • SUBDOMINANT n. the fourth degree of the diatonic scale, e.g. F in the scale of C. |
| PREDOMINANTLY | • predominantly adv. In a predominant manner. Most commonly or frequently by a large margin. • PREDOMINANT adv. having superior strength, influence, or authority. |
| SUPERDOMINANT | • superdominant adj. (Law) Having an overwhelming proportion of market share, so as to be almost a monopoly. • superdominant adj. Having a disproportionate degree of influence or salience. • superdominant adj. (Biology) Holding a position of absolute dominance. |
| SUPERDOMINANTS | • superdominants n. Plural of superdominant. • SUPERDOMINANT n. the submediant or 6th tone of the diatonic scale. |