superdominant

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having an overwhelming proportion of market share, so as to be almost a monopoly.
  2. Having a disproportionate degree of influence or salience.
  3. Holding a position of absolute dominance.
  4. Extremely dominating; controlling.
  5. Controlling or enhancing the expression of another pair of genes or chromosomes.
  6. Sufficiently large so as to control the blood flow to an area.
  7. Rising above the general level of the overstory.
  8. Comprising the winning strategy in all cases.
noun
  1. The sixth tone of the scale, immediately above the dominant.
  2. A species that is present in disproportionately large numbers within an ecosystem.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

superdominant more superdominant most superdominant superdominants

Etymology

From super- + dominant.

Synonyms

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