释义 |
dominant /domˈi-nənt/ adjective- Prevailing
- Predominant
- Having or tending to seek a commanding position
- Of an ancestral character, appearing in the first generation of crossbred offspring to the exclusion of the alternative character in the other parent, which may yet be transmitted to later generations (genetics)
noun- The fifth above the tonic (music)
- A dominant gene or the character determined by it (genetics)
- One of the prevailing species in a plant or animal community
ORIGIN: L domināns, -antis, prp of dominārī to be master domˈinance or domˈinancy noun - Ascendancy
- The state of being dominant
domˈinantly adverb |