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Webster 1913 Edition

Dominant

Dom′i-nant

,
Adj.
[L.
dominans
,
-antis
, p. pr. of
dominari
: cf. F.
dominant
. See
Dominate
.]
Ruling; governing; prevailing; controlling; predominant;
as, the
dominant
party, church, spirit, power
.
The member of a
dominant
race is, in his dealings with the subject race, seldom indeed fraudulent, . . . but imperious, insolent, and cruel.
Macaulay.
Dominant estate
or
Dominant tenement
(Law)
,
the estate to which a servitude or easement is due from another estate, the estate over which the servitude extends being called the servient estate or tenement.
Bouvier.
Wharton’s Law Dict.
–
Dominant owner
(Law)
,
one who owns lands on which there is an easement owned by another.
Syn. – Governing; ruling; controlling; prevailing; predominant; ascendant.

Dom′i-nant

,
Noun.
(Mus.)
The fifth tone of the scale; thus G is the dominant of C, A of D, and so on.
Dominant chord
(Mus.)
,
the chord based upon the dominant.

Webster 1828 Edition

Dominant

DOMINANT

,
Adj.
[L., to rule; lord, master; a house; to overcome, to subdue.]
1.
Ruling; prevailing; governing; predominant; as the dominant party, or faction.
2.
In music, the dominant or sensible chord is that which is practiced on the dominant of the tone, and which introduces a perfect cadence. Every perfect major chord becomes a dominant chord, as soon as the seventh minor is added to it.

DOMINANT

,
Noun.
In music, of the three notes essential to the tone, the dominant is that which is a fifth from the tonic.

Definition 2024

dominant

dominant

English

Noun

dominant ‎(plural dominants)

  1. (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.
  2. (music) The triad built on the dominant tone.
  3. (genetics) A gene that is dominant.
    • 1930, R. A. Fisher, ‎J. H. Bennett, The Genetical Theory of Natural Selection (page 50)
      Finally, if we suppose provisionally that the mutant genes are dominant just as often as they are recessive, selection will be far more severe in eliminating the disadvantageous dominants than in eliminating the disadvantageous recessives.
  4. (BDSM) The dominating partner in sadomasochistic sexual activity.
    • 2011, Jayne Rylon, Mistress's Master (page 65)
      His story was a fable you told dominants in training to stress the importance of comprehending the depths of your submissive's needs.

Translations

Adjective

dominant ‎(comparative more dominant, superlative most dominant)

  1. Ruling; governing; prevailing; controlling.
    The dominant party controlled the government.
    • Macaulay
      The member of a dominant race is, in his dealings with the subject race, seldom indeed fraudulent, […] but imperious, insolent, and cruel.
  2. Predominant, common, prevalent, of greatest importance.
    The dominant plants of the Carboniferous were lycopods and early conifers.
    • 2009, H. Stephen Stoker, General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry, page 10
      All other elements are mere "impurities" when their abundances are compared with those of these two dominant elements.
  3. (medicine) Designating the follicle which will survive atresia and permit ovulation.

Synonyms

Antonyms

Translations

Catalan

Adjective

dominant m, f ‎(masculine and feminine plural dominants)

  1. dominant

Dutch

Pronunciation

Adjective

dominant ‎(comparative dominanter, superlative dominantst)

  1. dominant

Inflection

Inflection of dominant
uninflected dominant
inflected dominante
comparative dominanter
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial dominant dominanter het dominantst
het dominantste
indefinite m./f. sing. dominante dominantere dominantste
n. sing. dominant dominanter dominantste
plural dominante dominantere dominantste
definite dominante dominantere dominantste
partitive dominants dominanters —

French

Pronunciation

Verb

dominant

  1. present participle of dominer

Adjective

dominant m ‎(feminine singular dominante, masculine plural dominants, feminine plural dominantes)

  1. dominant

German

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ant

Adjective

dominant ‎(comparative dominanter, superlative am dominantesten)

  1. dominant

Declension

Comparative forms of dominant
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative er ist dominanter sie ist dominanter es ist dominanter sie sind dominanter
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative dominanterer dominantere dominanteres dominantere
genitive dominanteren dominanterer dominanteren dominanterer
dative dominanterem dominanterer dominanterem dominanteren
accusative dominanteren dominantere dominanteres dominantere
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der dominantere die dominantere das dominantere die dominanteren
genitive des dominanteren der dominanteren des dominanteren der dominanteren
dative dem dominanteren der dominanteren dem dominanteren den dominanteren
accusative den dominanteren die dominantere das dominantere die dominanteren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein dominanterer eine dominantere ein dominanteres (keine) dominanteren
genitive eines dominanteren einer dominanteren eines dominanteren (keiner) dominanteren
dative einem dominanteren einer dominanteren einem dominanteren (keinen) dominanteren
accusative einen dominanteren eine dominantere ein dominanteres (keine) dominanteren

Etymology

From Middle French dominant.

Pronunciation

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