Dominant - Definition

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]