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dominant

('d/A/m/@/n/@/nt )

exercising influence or control(adj.all)

Example:
Television plays a dominant role in molding public opinion.
The dominant partner in the marriage.

Antonym:
low-level, subordinate

source: wordnet30
(of genes) producing the same phenotype whether its allele is identical or dissimilar(adj.all)

Antonym:
recessive

source: wordnet30
Ruling; governing; prevailing; controlling; predominant; as, the dominant party, church, spirit, power.(adjective)

source: webster1913

(music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale(noun.communication)

source: wordnet30
an allele that produces the same phenotype whether its paired allele is identical or different(noun.body)

Synonym:
dominant allele

source: wordnet30
The fifth tone of the scale; thus G is the dominant of C, A of D, and so on.(noun)

source: webster1913

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