dominantes

/D AA1 M AH0 N AE1 N T S/
adjective
  1. 1

    Ruling; governing; prevailing

  2. 2

    Predominant, common, prevalent, of greatest importance.

  3. 3

    (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.

  4. 4

    (medicine) Designating the follicle which will survive atresia and permit ovulation.

  5. 5

    (music) Being the dominant

noun
  1. 1

    A species or organism that is dominant.

  2. 2

    (genetics) Of an allele, that a heterozygote for the allele has the same phenotype as the homozygote.

  3. 3

    (BDSM) The dominating partner in sadomasochistic sexual activity.

  4. 4

    (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.

  5. 5

    (music) The triad built on the dominant tone.