DOMINANT
\dˈɒmɪnənt], \dˈɒmɪnənt], \d_ˈɒ_m_ɪ_n_ə_n_t]\
Definitions of DOMINANT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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(music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale
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exercising influence or control; "television plays a dominant role in molding public opinion"; "the dominant partner in the marriage"
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of genes; producing the same phenowhether its allele is identical or dissimilar
By Princeton University
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(music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale
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exercising influence or control; "television plays a dominant role in molding public opinion"; "the dominant partner in the marriage"
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By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Prevailing: predominant.
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(music) The fifth note of the scale in its relation to the first and third.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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Having rule or ascendancy; ruling; prevailing.
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Of the three notes essential to the tone, that which is fifth from the tonic. The dominant or sensible chord, that which is practised on the dominant of the tone, and which introduces a perfect cadence, thus-if the key be C, the dominant is G.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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Having the power or rule; possessing the ascendancy; prevailing.
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In music, the note which is a fifth from the tonic-thus, if the key or tonic be C, the dominant is G.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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Predominant, presiding, ascendant.
By Thomas Sheridan
