Dominant

English Meaning

Ruling; governing; prevailing; controlling; predominant; as, the dominant party, church, spirit, power.

1. Exercising the most influence or control.
2. Most prominent, as in position; ascendant.
3. Genetics Of, relating to, or being an allele that produces the same phenotypic effect whether inherited with a homozygous or heterozygous allele.
4. Ecology Of, relating to, or being a species that is most characteristic of an ecological community and usually determines the presence, abundance, and type of other species.
5. Music Relating to or based on the fifth tone of a diatonic scale.
6. Genetics A dominant allele or trait.
7. Ecology A dominant species.
8. Music The fifth tone of a diatonic scale.