Dominant word meaning and definition

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Meaning and definition for "dominant" word

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

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\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.

Synonyms for dominant

ascendant, ascendent, controlling, dominating, governing, in charge, overriding, paramount, possessive, predominant, predominate, preponderant, preponderating, sovereign, superior, supreme

Antonyms: low-level, recessive, subordinate

The fun area, different aproach to word »dominant«

Let's analyse "dominant" as pure text. This string has Eight letters in Three syllables and Three vowels. 37.5% of vowels is 1.1% less then average English word. Written in backwards: TNANIMOD. Average typing speed for these characters is 2135 milliseconds. [info]

Morse code: -.. --- -- .. -. .- -. -

Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: dominant: 6 + 9 + 1 = 16, reduced: 7 . and the final result is Seven.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: dominant: 4 + 6 + 4 + 9 + 5 + 1 + 5 + 2 = 36, reduced: 9, and the final result is Nine.

Tarot cards

Letter	Num.	Tarot c.	Meaning
A (1)	1	Magician	Creative, Inventive, Intuitive
D (1)	4	Emperor	Determined, Persistant, Idealist
I (1)	9	Hermit	Independent, Researcher, Intell,igent
M (1)	13	Death	Creator, Developer, Builder
N (2)	14	Temperance	Healer, Wise, Survivor, Crafty
O (1)	15	Devil	Optimist, Gamesman, Marketer, Hunter
T (1)	20	Judgement	Unswerving, Steadfast, Demanding, Forceful

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