English Explanatory Dictionary

dominance

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The state of being dominant; of prime importance; supremacy.
  2. Being in a position of power, authority or ascendancy over others.
  3. The superior development of or preference for one side of the body or one of a pair of organs; such as being right-handed.
  4. of an allele, the degree to which it expresses its phenotype when heterozygous, such as whether it is dominant or recessive.

Pronunciation

/ˈdɒmɪnəns/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dominance.wav /ˈdɑmɪnəns/ /ˈdɔmɪnəns/ /ˈdɒmənəns/ [ˈdɔ̟mənəns]

Word forms

dominance dominances

Etymology

From dominant + -ance.

Derived words

antidominance codominance dominancy equidominance Eurodominance hyperdominance immunodominance incomplete dominance minority dominance monodominance nondominance overdominance postdominance pseudodominance quasidominance semidominance serodominance subdominance superdominance transdominance underdominance
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