Main Entry:

dom·i·nance

Pronunciation:

\ˈdä-mə-nən(t)s, ˈdäm-nən(t)s\

Function:

noun

Date:

1819

1: the fact or state of being dominant: as a: dominant position especially in a social hierarchy b: the property of one of a pair of alleles or traits that suppresses expression of the other in the heterozygous condition c: the influence or control over ecological communities exerted by a dominant 2: functional asymmetry between a pair of bodily structures (as the right and left hands)