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Meaning of dominant

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  dominant
      adj 1: exercising influence or control; "television plays a
             dominant role in molding public opinion"; "the dominant
             partner in the marriage" [ant: {low-level},
             {subordinate}]
      2: (of genes) producing the same phenotype whether its allele is
         identical or dissimilar [ant: {recessive}]
      3: most frequent or common; "prevailing winds" [syn:
         {prevailing}, {prevalent}, {predominant}, {dominant}, {rife}]
      n 1: (music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale
      2: an allele that produces the same phenotype whether its paired
         allele is identical or different [syn: {dominant allele},
         {dominant}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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