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dominant
adjective
more
powerful
,
important
,
or
noticeable
than
anything
else
in
the
same
situation
•
The
dominant
lion
guarded
the
watering
hole
while
the
rest
of
the
pride
waited
.
The
dominant
lion
guarded
the
watering
hole
while
the
rest
of
the
pride
waited
.
•
Bright
red
is
the
dominant
color
in
the
artist
’
s
new
mural
that
covers
an
entire
city
wall
.
Bright
red
is
the
dominant
color
in
the
artist
’
s
new
mural
that
covers
an
entire
city
wall
.
From
Latin
dominans
“
ruling
,
governing
”,
present
participle
of
dominārī
“
to
rule
”,
from
dominus
“
lord
,
master
”.
noun
in
genetics
,
a
gene
or
allele
that
shows
its
trait
even
when
only
one
copy
is
present
•
Brown
eyes
appear
when
the
brown-eye
gene
is
the
dominant
in
a
child
’
s
DNA
.
Brown
eyes
appear
when
the
brown-eye
gene
is
the
dominant
in
a
child
’
s
DNA
.
•
Mendel
discovered
that
round
seeds
are
controlled
by
a
single
dominant
in
pea
plants
.
Mendel
discovered
that
round
seeds
are
controlled
by
a
single
dominant
in
pea
plants
.
Same
origin
as
the
adjective
:
Latin
dominans
,
applied
in
early
20th-century
genetics
to
describe
a
trait
that
rules
over
another
.
noun
in
music
,
the
fifth
note
of
a
scale
,
or
the
key
built
on
that
note
•
In
the
key
of
C
major
,
G
is
the
dominant
that
creates
tension
before
resolving
to
C
.
In
the
key
of
C
major
,
G
is
the
dominant
that
creates
tension
before
resolving
to
C
.
•
The
melody
pauses
on
the
dominant
to
keep
listeners
waiting
for
the
final
chord
.
The
melody
pauses
on
the
dominant
to
keep
listeners
waiting
for
the
final
chord
.
Borrowed
from
the
adjective
,
used
in
18th-century
music
theory
because
the
fifth
note
"
rules
"
the
movement
back
to
the
tonic
.