Main Entry: ¹dom·i·nant

Pronunciation: \-nənt\

Function: adjective

1 : exerting forcefulness or having dominance in a social hierarchy
2 : being the one of a pair of bodily structures that is the more effective or predominant in action <the dominant eye>
3 : of, relating to, or exerting genetic dominance

—dom·i·nant·ly adverb