dominant
IPA: dˈɑmʌnʌnt
noun
- (music) 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.
- (music) The triad built on the dominant tone.
- (genetics) A gene that is dominant.
- A species or organism that is dominant.
- (BDSM) The dominating partner in sadomasochistic sexual activity.
adjective
- Ruling; governing; prevailing
- Predominant, common, prevalent, of greatest importance.
- (of a body part) 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.
- (medicine) Designating the follicle which will survive atresia and permit ovulation.
- (music) Being the dominant
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Examples of "dominant" in Sentences
- Cinnamon is the dominant flavour.
- Is the gene recessive or dominant
- It is the dominant and paradigmatic form.
- The canon is reiterated with some variations in the dominant in C major.
- An A arpeggio, returning to the dominant, modulates to the dominant of G minor.
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