- ruling, governing, or controlling; having or exerting authority or influence: dominant in the chain of command.
- occupying or being in a commanding or elevated position.
- predominant; main; major; chief: Corn is the dominant crop of Iowa.
- of or relating to a dominant.
- pertaining to or based on the dominant: the dominant chord.
- Genetics.
- the one of a pair of alternative alleles that masks the effect of the other when both are present in the same cell or organism.
- the trait or character determined by such an allele.
- the participant in a BDSM sexual encounter or relationship to whom power and control are transferred.
- the fifth tone of a diatonic scale.
- any of one or more types of plants, or sometimes animals, that by virtue of abundance, size, or habits exert so important an influence on the conditions of an area as to determine, to a great extent, what other organisms can live there.
- having primary control, authority, or influence; governing; ruling
- predominant or primary
- occupying a commanding position
- genetics
- (of an allele) producing the same phenotype in the organism irrespective of whether the allele of the same gene is identical or dissimilar
- (of a character) controlled by such a gene
- of or relating to the fifth degree of a scale
- (of a plant or animal species within a community) more prevalent than any other species and determining the appearance and composition of the community
- genetics
- a dominant allele or character
- an organism having such an allele or character
- music
- the fifth degree of a scale and the second in importance after the tonic
- a key or chord based on this
- a dominant plant or animal in a community
