dominant UK /ˈdɒmɪnənt/US /ˈdɑmənənt/adjective 5noun 5forms 3 adjective5 •Ruling; governing; prevailingThe dominant party controlled the government. •Predominant, common, prevalent, of greatest importance.The dominant plants of the Carboniferous were lycopods and early conifers. •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. •Being the dominant •Designating the follicle which will survive atresia and permit ovulation. noun5 •Of an allele, that a heterozygote for the allele has the same phenotype as the homozygote. •The dominating partner in sadomasochistic sexual activity.This calendar is not for the faint of heart (unless you have some strong butch dominant to hold you while you swoon) — 1988 •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. •A species or organism that is dominant.Landowners cannot afford to cut submerchantable trees, yet many hesitate to cut merchantable dominants and codominants at the risk of downgrading the residual stand. — 1966 •The triad built on the dominant tone. formsdominants · more dominant · most dominant
