dominantdom"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.
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.
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 dominant chord  x-linked
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 dominant estate (
n.)
The
fifth tone of
the scale;
thus G is
the dominant of C, A of D,
and so on. Â
(
a.)
Ruling; governing; prevailing; controlling; predominant; as,
the dominant party, church, spirit, power. Â
conspicuously prominent.
Noun1. (music)
the fifth note of
the diatonic scale (hypernym) note,
musical note,
tone (classification) music
Adjective1.
exercising influence or control; "television
plays a
dominant role in
molding public opinion"; "the
dominant partner in
the marriage" (antonym) subordinate, low-level (similar) ascendant, ascendent,
dominating (see-also)
superior (attribute) status, position2. of genes;
producing the same phenotype whether its allele is
identical or
dissimilar (antonym) recessive
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the word dominant has several possible meanings:In music theory,
the dominant or
dominant note (second
most important) of a
key is
that which is a perfect fifth above the tonic; in just intonation the
note whose pitch is 1.5
times the frequency of
the tonic note's
pitch and in
twelve tone equal temperament is 7 semitones or 700 cents above
the tonic.
this pitch can also be
called the third harmonic of the harmonic series.
the dominant of a church mode was
the tenor or reciting tone of
psalm tones.
the dominant is
also the diatonic function of
the dominant note and chord.In
biology and in populations, a group,
pair or, or
individual can be
the dominant animal in a group.
dominant animals take a
higher position in a "pecking order",
and may be
the only animals allowed to
breed within a group, see dominance (biology).In genetics, a dominant gene is
one that is
expressed when heterozygous with a recessive allele of
the gene. It is a
feature of
diseases that inherit in an autosomal dominant fashion.In psychology,
when a
body part of
one side of
the body is
preferred over its counterpart,
the body part is
said to be dominant.
such body parts can include hands (handedness),
eyes (ocular dominance),
and feet (footedness).In decision theory,
one estimator dominates another if it
always achieves lower risk.In BDSM,
Dominant is a
more precise term for a top in BDSM - see dominant (BDSM)
defined: A
gene that almost always results in a
specific physical characteristic,
for example, a disease,
even though the patient's genome possesses only one copy.
with a
dominant gene,
the chance of
passing on
the gene (and
therefore the disease) to
children is 50-50 in
each pregnancy.
explained:Â Listen to a
detailed explanation. Dr.
robert Nussbaum, of
the national human genome research Institute's
laboratory of
genetic disease Research,
defines dominant.
related terms: gene, genome
alleles that determine the phenotype displayed in a
heterozygote with another (recessive) allele.
where the gene from one parent confers a trait;
A
trait that is
expressed in a
person when only one copy of a
gene is present; as
opposed to a
recessive trait which is
expressed only when two copies of a
particular gene are present.
examples of dominantly-inherited
disorders include achondroplasia (a
common form of dwarfism),
familial hypercholesterolemia (high
blood cholesterol in
families leading to
premature coronary artery disease)
and huntington disease (a
form of
progressive dementia).
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