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Definition of Dominant

Dominant
Dominant Dom"i*nant, n. (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.

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- gene on the other copy of the chromosome. The first variant is termed dominant and the second is called recessive. This state of having two different...
- In music, the dominant is the fifth scale degree () of the diatonic scale. It is called the dominant because it is second in importance to the first scale...
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- A dominant caste is one which preponderates numerically over other castes and also wields preponderant economic and political power. A large and powerful...
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