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Dominant

Dominant Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Dominant? [n] (music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale [adj] exercising influence or control; "television plays a dominant role in molding public opinion"; "the dominant partner in the marriage" [adj] of genes; producing the same phenotype whether its allele is identical or dissimilar Synonyms \| Synonyms for Dominant: ascendant \| ascendent \| controlling \| dominating \| governing \| in charge \| overriding \| paramount \| possessive \| predominant \| predominate \| preponderant \| preponderating \| sovereign \| superior \| supreme Related Terms \| Find terms related to Dominant: absolute \| accidental \| all-absorbing \| arch \| ascendant \| assertive \| at the head \| authoritarian \| authoritative \| authorized \| autocratic \| average \| banner \| besetting \| boss \| breve \| capital \| cardinal \| central \| champion \| chief \| clothed with authority \| cock \| commanding \| common \| competent \| conquering \| consequential \| considerable \| controlling \| crotchet \| crowning \| current \| defeating \| demisemiquaver \| dominant note \| double whole note \| duly constituted \| eighth note \| eminent \| empowered \| enharmonic \| enharmonic note \| epidemic \| ex officio \| first \| flat \| flushed with success \| focal \| foremost \| general \| governing \| great \| half note \| head \| headmost \| hegemonic \| hegemonistic \| hemidemisemiquaver \| highest \| imperative \| important \| in ascendancy \| in charge \| in chief \| in the ascendant \| influential \| key \| key signature \| keynote \| leading \| magisterial \| main \| major \| major key \| master \| mediant \| mighty \| minim \| minor \| momentous \| monocratic \| musical note \| natural \| normal \| note \| number \| official \| on the throne \| ordinary \| outstanding \| overbearing \| overcoming \| overriding \| overruling \| pandemic \| paramount \| patent note \| pedal point \| popular \| potent \| powerful \| predominant \| predominate \| predominating \| preeminent \| premier \| prepollent \| preponderant \| preponderate \| prepotent \| prestigious \| prevailing \| prevalent \| primal \| primary \| prime \| principal \| prominent \| puissant \| quarter note \| quaver \| rampant \| ranking \| regnant \| regulating \| regulative \| regulatory \| reigning \| report \| responding note \| rife \| routine \| ruling \| running \| semibreve \| semiquaver \| senior \| shaped note \| sharp \| sixteenth note \| sixty-fourth note \| sovereign \| spiccato \| staccato \| standard \| star \| stellar \| stereotyped \| subdominant \| submediant \| substantial \| subtonic \| successful \| supereminent \| superior \| supertonic \| supreme \| surpassing \| sustained note \| swaying \| tercet \| thirty-second note \| tonality \| tone \| tonic \| tonic key \| topflight \| topmost \| totalitarian \| transcendent \| triplet \| triumphal \| triumphant \| uppermost \| usual \| vanquishing \| victorious \| weighty \| whole note \| winning See Also \| musical note \| note \| tone Dominant In Webster's Dictionary \Dom"inant\, a. [L. dominans, -antis, p. pr. of dominari: cf. F. dominant. See {Dominate}.] Ruling; governing; prevailing; controlling; predominant; as, the dominant party, church, spirit, power. The member of a dominant race is, in his dealings with the subject race, seldom indeed fraudulent, . . . but imperious, insolent, and cruel. --Macaulay. {Dominant estate} or {tenement} (Law), the estate to which a servitude or easement is due from another estate, the estate over which the servitude extends being called the servient estate or tenement. --Bouvier. --Wharton's Law Dict. {Dominant owner} (Law), one who owns lands on which there is an easement owned by another. Syn: Governing; ruling; controlling; prevailing; predominant; ascendant. \Dom"inant\, n. (Mus.) The fifth tone of the scale; thus G is the dominant of C, A of D, and so on. {Dominant chord} (Mus.), the chord based upon the dominant.

Dominant Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Dominant?

[n] (music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale
[adj] exercising influence or control; "television plays a dominant role in molding public opinion"; "the dominant partner in the marriage"
[adj] of genes; producing the same phenotype whether its allele is identical or dissimilar

See Also | musical note | note | tone

Dominant In Webster's Dictionary

\Dom"i*nant\, a. [L. dominans, -antis, p. pr. of
dominari: cf. F. dominant. See {Dominate}.]
Ruling; governing; prevailing; controlling; predominant; as,
the dominant party, church, spirit, power.

      The member of a dominant race is, in his dealings with
      the subject race, seldom indeed fraudulent, . . . but
      imperious, insolent, and cruel.          --Macaulay.

{Dominant estate} or {tenement} (Law), the estate to which a
   servitude or easement is due from another estate, the
   estate over which the servitude extends being called the
   servient estate or tenement. --Bouvier. --Wharton's Law
   Dict.

{Dominant owner} (Law), one who owns lands on which there is
   an easement owned by another.

Syn: Governing; ruling; controlling; prevailing; predominant;
     ascendant.


\Dom"i*nant\, n. (Mus.)
The fifth tone of the scale; thus G is the dominant of C, A
of D, and so on.

{Dominant chord} (Mus.), the chord based upon the dominant.

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