Definition of dominant

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Dominant (a.) Ruling; governing; prevailing; controlling; predominant; as, the dominant party, church, spirit, power..

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Magyar :: Magyar (n.) One of the dominant people of Hungary, allied to the Finns; a Hungarian..
Solar :: Solar (a.) Born under the predominant influence of the sun.
Physiognomy :: Physiognomy (n.) The art and science of discovering the predominant temper, and other characteristic qualities of the mind, by the outward appearance, especially by the features of the face..
Fourth :: Fourth (n.) The interval of two tones and a semitone, embracing four diatonic degrees of the scale; the subdominant of any key..
Prevailing :: Prevailing (a.) Predominant; prevalent; most general; as, the prevailing disease of a climate; a prevailing opinion..
Submental :: Submediant (n.) The sixth tone of the scale; the under mediant, or third below the keynote; the superdominant..
Sovereign :: Sovereign (a.) Predominant; greatest; utmost; paramount.
Worldliness :: Worldliness (n.) The quality of being worldly; a predominant passion for obtaining the good things of this life; covetousness; addictedness to gain and temporal enjoyments; worldly-mindedness.
Osmanli :: Osmanli (n.) A Turkish official; one of the dominant tribe of Turks; loosely, any Turk..
Turk :: Turk (n.) A member of any of numerous Tartar tribes of Central Asia, etc.; esp., one of the dominant race in Turkey..
Predominance :: Predominance (n.) The quality or state of being predominant; superiority; ascendency; prevalence; predomination.
Hegemonical :: Hegemonical (a.) Leading; controlling; ruling; predominant.
Regnant :: Regnant (a.) Having the chief power; ruling; predominant; prevalent.
Essence :: Essence (n.) The predominant qualities or virtues of a plant or drug, extracted and refined from grosser matter; or, more strictly, the solution in spirits of wine of a volatile or essential oil; as, the essence of mint, and the like..
Supereminence :: Superdominant (n.) The sixth tone of the scale; that next above the dominant; -- called also submediant.
Mediant :: Mediant (n.) The third above the keynote; -- so called because it divides the interval between the tonic and dominant into two thirds.
Demicadence :: Demicadence (n.) An imperfect or half cadence, falling on the dominant instead of on the key note..
Belles-lettres :: Belles-lettres (n. pl.) Polite or elegant literature; the humanities; -- used somewhat vaguely for literary works in which imagination and taste are predominant.
Dominant :: Dominant (n.) The fifth tone of the scale; thus G is the dominant of C, A of D, and so on..
Harmonical :: Harmonical (a.) Relating to harmony, -- as melodic relates to melody; harmonious; esp., relating to the accessory sounds or overtones which accompany the predominant and apparent single tone of any string or sonorous body..
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