What does dominance mean?
Definitions for dominance
dom·i·nance
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Princeton's WordNet
laterality, dominancenoun
superior development of one side of the body
dominance, ascendance, ascendence, ascendancy, ascendency, controlnoun
the state that exists when one person or group has power over another
"her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her"
dominancenoun
the organic phenomenon in which one of a pair of alleles present in a genotype is expressed in the phenotype and the other allele of the pair is not
authority, authorization, authorisation, potency, dominance, say-sonoun
the power or right to give orders or make decisions
"he has the authority to issue warrants"; "deputies are given authorization to make arrests"; "a place of potency in the state"
Wiktionary
dominancenoun
The state of being dominant; of prime importance; supremacy.
dominancenoun
Being in a position of power, authority or ascendancy over others.
dominancenoun
The superior development or preference for one side of the body or of one of a pair of organs; such as being right-handed.
dominancenoun
The property of a gene such that it supresses the expression of its allele.
ChatGPT
dominance
Dominance refers to the state or condition of being superior, commanding, or prevailing over others in terms of power, influence, position, or control. In biology, it refers to how certain traits or genes are expressed over others in an inherited characteristic, given by two different alleles of a gene pair. In the social context, dominance refers to a hierarchical arrangement of individuals within a group, who possesses more social status or control.
Webster Dictionary
Dominancenoun
alt. of Dominancy
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Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'dominance' in Nouns Frequency: #2841
Usage in printed sourcesFrom:
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Anagrams for dominance »
demicanon
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of dominance in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of dominance in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of dominance in a Sentence
Make no mistake, Joe Biden's war on American energy is to blame for the price of gas hitting record highs. Biden is using Russia's war in Ukraine as a shield for his Far-Left anti-energy agenda, instead of unleashing American energy dominance at home, the Biden administration is turning to other foreign dictators and Russia-aligned regimes to fill this need. We must unleash American energy dominance and no longer depend on our foreign adversaries for oil and gas. That is the only way America can reverse the historic gas prices hurting families across the country and ensure our energy and national security.
It allows the US to project power in the south sea and the east sea or at least prevent China from projecting power into those seas, so Taiwan would make it much more likely for China to achieve dominance in Asia and it would be difficult navally if it didn't have Taiwan.
The United States' leadership has set a goal of global dominance, they don't need a strong Russia. On the contrary, they need to weaken our country as much as possible. To achieve this goal, the Russian Federation's disintegration is not ruled out as well.
We've had the dominance of H1N1 yield to now a dominance or at least an equivalence of H3N2, which means that the strain that causes more severe disease is actually producing a substantial amount of late season influenza this year.
Pornography is about dominance. Erotica is about mutuality.
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Translations for dominance
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- господство, преобладаванеBulgarian
- dominanceCzech
- dominansDanish
- Dominanz, HerrschaftGerman
- dominioSpanish
- تسلط داشتنPersian
- hallitsevuus, dominoivuus, hallintaFinnish
- dominanceFrench
- דומיננטיותHebrew
- դոմինանտություն, իշխանությունArmenian
- dominationemLatin
- dominantie, overheersingDutch
- dominacjaPolish
- controle, domínio, dominânciaPortuguese
- господство, преобладание, доминантность, доминированиеRussian
- chiếm ưu thếVietnamese
- 霸主地位Chinese
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