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▸ noun:  (music) The fifth major tone of a musical scale (five major steps above the note in question); thus G is the dominant of C, A of D, and so on.
▸ noun:  (music) The triad built on the dominant tone.
▸ noun:  (genetics) Of an allele, that a heterozygote for the allele has the same phenotype as the homozygote.
▸ noun:  A species or organism that is dominant.
▸ noun:  (BDSM) The dominating partner in sadomasochistic sexual activity.
▸ adjective:  Ruling; governing; prevailing
▸ adjective:  Predominant, common, prevalent, of greatest importance.
▸ adjective:  (of a body part) Preferred and used with greater dexterity than the other, as the right hand of a right-handed person or the left hand of a left-handed one.
▸ adjective:  (medicine) Designating the follicle which will survive atresia and permit ovulation.
▸ adjective:  (music) Being the dominant

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