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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Dominant \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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           The member of a dominant race is, in his dealings with
           the subject race, seldom indeed fraudulent, . . . but
           imperious, insolent, and cruel.          --Macaulay.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Dominant estate or Dominant 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: Governing; ruling; controlling; prevailing; predominant;
          ascendant.
          [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Dominant \Dom"i*nant\, n. (Mus.)
     The fifth tone of the scale; thus G is the dominant of C, A
     of D, and so on.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Dominant chord (Mus.), the chord based upon the dominant.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Dominant \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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Dominant \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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  dominant
       adj 1: exercising influence or control; "television plays a
              dominant role in molding public opinion"; "the
              dominant partner in the marriage" [ant: subordinate]
       2: of genes; producing the same phenotype whether its allele is
          identical or dissimilar [ant: recessive]
       n : (music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  dominant
     Γαλλικά a.
     1 κυρίαρχος
     2 επιβλητικός
     3 δεσπόζων

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  dominant
     Catalan a.
     1 (l en dominant), ruling
     2 (lb ca music) (l en dominant)
     3 (lb ca genetics) (l en dominant)
     Dutch a.
     1 (l en dominant)
     2 (lb nl genetics) (l en dominant)
     German a.
     #English
     Romanian a.
     (l en dominant)
     Turkish a.
     (l en dominant)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  dominant
     a.
     1 Ruling; governing; prevailing
     2 predominant, common, prevalent, of greatest importance.
     n.
     1 (lb en music) 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.
     2 (lb en music) The triad built on the dominant tone.
     3 (lb en genetics) A gene that is dominant.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  dominant
     Catalan a.
     1 (l en dominant), ruling
     2 (lb ca music) (l en dominant)
     3 (lb ca genetics) (l en dominant)
     Dutch a.
     1 (l en dominant)
     2 (lb nl genetics) (l en dominant)
     German a.
     #English
     Romanian a.
     (l en dominant)
     Turkish a.
     (l en dominant)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  dominant
     Catalan a.
     1 (l en dominant), ruling
     2 (lb ca music) (l en dominant)
     3 (lb ca genetics) (l en dominant)
     Dutch a.
     1 (l en dominant)
     2 (lb nl genetics) (l en dominant)
     German a.
     #English
     Swedish a.
     1 c (l sv dominant)
     2 c (lb sv biology genetics) (l en dominant)
     3 c (lb sv of a hand, etc.) (l en dominant)
     4 c (lb sv BDSM) (l en dominant)
     Swedish n.
     1 c (lb sv rare) a dominating person
     2 c (lb sv music) a (l en dominant)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  dominant
     Ranska a.
     hallitseva, dominoiva
     Ranska vb.
     (fr-v-taivm 1 d omin ant)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  dominant
     Tyska a.
     dominant#Svenska

From Swedish Wiktionary: Swedish language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-sv-2023-07-27 ]


  dominant
     a.
     1 (tagg: biologi) som kommer till uttryck redan i enkel uppsättning
  (om alleler)
     2 (tagg: kat=sexualitet) som har en härskande roll inom en sexuell
  relation
     adv.
     (avledning sv dominant adj)
     n.
     1 (tagg: musik) femte tonen i en diatonisk skala; ton som ligger en
  (ren) kvint över tonartens grundton
     2 (tagg: musik) ackord med den aktuella tonartens dominant (1) som
  grundton (eller annat ackord med liknande funktion i den aktuella
  tonarten), i synnerhet en durtreklang eller ett dominantseptimackord i
  någon omvändning, där tersen (tonartens inledningston) och, i det senare
  fallet, septiman (tonartens subdominant) fungerar som ledtoner till
  tonikan; den funktion som ett sådant ackord har i den aktuella tonarten,
  vilken kännetecknas av en stark strävan mot en upplösning i tonikan

From Deutsch-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2020.10.04 : [ freedict:deu-bul ]


  dominant /domiˈnant/ 
  господстващ 2.
  sich gegen andere/anderes durchsetzend
   3.
  Biologie, Genetik: sich in der Merkmalsausprägung durchsetzend