ADJECTIVE | all | dominant | exercising influence or control |
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all | dominant | (of genes) producing the same phenotype whether its allele is identical or dissimilar / dissimilar | |
all | dominant, prevailing, prevalent, predominant, rife | most frequent or common | |
NOUN | communication | dominant | (music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale |
body | dominant, dominant allele | an allele that produces the same phenotype whether its paired allele is identical or different |
Sounds | daa'mahnahnt | |
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Rhymes | abandonment ... wonderment: 671 rhymes with ahnt... |
Meaning | Exercising influence or control. | |
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Attribute of | status, position | The relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society |
Narrower | ascendant, ascendent, dominating | Most powerful or important or influential |
controlling | able to control or determine policy | |
governing | Responsible for making and enforcing rules and laws | |
overriding, paramount, predominant, predominate, preponderant, preponderating | Having superior power and influence | |
possessive | Having or showing a desire to control or dominate | |
sovereign, supreme | Greatest in status or authority or power | |
superior | (sometimes followed by 'to') not subject to or influenced by | |
See also | superior | Of or characteristic of high rank or importance |
Opposite | subordinate, low-level | Lower in rank or importance |
Spanish | dominante | |
Catalan | dominant | |
Nouns | dominance | the state that exists when one person or group has power over another |
Verbs | dominate | have dominance or the power to defeat over |
dominate | be in control |
Meaning | (of genes) producing the same phenotype whether its allele is identical or dissimilar / dissimilar. | |
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Category | genetics, genetic science | The branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms |
Opposite | recessive | (of genes) producing its characteristic phenotype only when its allele is identical |
Spanish | dominante | |
Catalan | dominant | |
Nouns | dominance | the organic phenomenon in which one of a pair of alleles present in a genotype is expressed in the phenotype and the other allele of the pair is not |
dominant | an allele that produces the same phenotype whether its paired allele is identical or different |
Meaning | Most frequent or common. | |
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Synonyms | prevailing, prevalent, predominant, rife | |
Broader | frequent | Coming at short intervals or habitually |
Spanish | dominante, predominant, predominante, prevalente | |
Catalan | predominant |
Meaning | (music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale. | |
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Category | music | An artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner |
Broader | note, musical note, tone | A notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound |
Spanish | dominante |
Meaning | An allele that produces the same phenotype whether its paired allele is identical or different. | |
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Synonym | dominant allele | |
Broader | allele, allelomorph | (genetics) either of a pair (or series) of alternative forms of a gene that can occupy the same locus on a particular chromosome and that control the same character |
Spanish | alelo dominante | |
Adjectives | dominant | (of genes) producing the same phenotype whether its allele is identical or dissimilar / dissimilar |
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