dominant

²dominant

noun

Definition of DOMINANT

1

: the fifth tone of a major or minor scale

2

a : a dominant genetic character or factor b : any of one or more kinds of organism (as a species) in an ecological community that exerts a controlling influence on the environment and thereby largely determines what other kinds of organisms are present c : a dominant individual in a social hierarchy

First Known Use of DOMINANT

1819

Other Genetics Terms

chimera, hermaphrodite, plasticity

Rhymes with DOMINANT

prominent