What does domino mean?

Definitions for domino
ˈdɒm əˌnoʊdomi·no

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Domino, Fats Domino, Antoine Dominonoun

    United States rhythm and blues pianist and singer and composer (born in 1928)

  2. dominonoun

    a loose hooded cloak worn with a half mask as part of a masquerade costume

  3. domino, half mask, eye masknoun

    a mask covering the upper part of the face but with holes for the eyes

  4. dominonoun

    a small rectangular block used in playing the game of dominoes; the face of each block has two equal areas that can bear 0 to 6 dots

Wiktionary

  1. dominonoun

    A tile divided into two squares, each having 0 to 6 dots or pips (as in dice), used in the game of dominoes.

  2. dominonoun

    A country that is expected to react to events in a neighboring country, according to the domino effect

  3. dominonoun

    A masquerade costume consisting of a hooded robe and a mask covering the upper part of the face.

  4. dominonoun

    The mask itself.

  5. dominonoun

    The person wearing the costume.

  6. dominonoun

    A polyomino made up of two squares.

  7. Etymology: From domino (1801), from domino, from dominus; compare dominicale. The game is said to be so called from the black under surface or part of the pieces with which it is played.

Wikipedia

  1. domino

    Domino is a song written by the band Genesis for their 1986 album Invisible Touch. The song was the sixth track on the album. The music was written by the band, while the lyrics were written by keyboardist Tony Banks. The song is divided into two parts, "In the Glow of the Night" and "The Last Domino". The song, though not released as a single, charted at number 29 on the Mainstream Rock Charts. The B-side of the "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight" single was the first half of this song, "In the Glow of the Night", while the B-side of "Invisible Touch" was the second part of the song, "The Last Domino". During a clip titled "Tony talks about his inspiration" on the When in Rome 2007 DVD, Banks states that his inspiration for the song lyrics was the 1982 Lebanon War which was still being contested prior to the recording of Invisible Touch. He set the action on a hotel room in Beirut, minutes after bombs start to fall on the city.

ChatGPT

  1. domino

    A domino is a game piece consisting of a rectangular block, typically made of plastic, wood, or bone, with a line dividing its face into two equal parts, each of which is marked with zero to six dots or pips. These pieces are used in various games, where they are lined up and toppled over in a chain reaction. Also, in the context of "domino effect," it refers to a chain reaction where a change or incident leads to similar changes or incidents.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Dominonoun

    a kind of hood worn by the canons of a cathedral church; a sort of amice

  2. Dominonoun

    a mourning veil formerly worn by women

  3. Dominonoun

    a kind of mask; particularly, a half mask worn at masquerades, to conceal the upper part of the face. Dominos were formerly worn by ladies in traveling

  4. Dominonoun

    a costume worn as a disguise at masquerades, consisting of a robe with a hood adjustable at pleasure

  5. Dominonoun

    a person wearing a domino

  6. Dominonoun

    a game played by two or more persons, with twenty-eight pieces of wood, bone, or ivory, of a flat, oblong shape, plain at the back, but on the face divided by a line in the middle, and either left blank or variously dotted after the manner of dice. The game is played by matching the spots or the blank of an unmatched half of a domino already played

  7. Dominonoun

    one of the pieces with which the game of dominoes is played

  8. Etymology: [F. domino, or It. domin, or Sp. domin, fr. L. dominus master. The domino was orig. a hood worn by the canons of a cathedral. See Don, Dame.]

Wikidata

  1. Domino

    Domino is a Marvel Comics character, best known as a member of the X-Men offshoot X-Force. Created by writer Fabian Nicieza and artist/co-writer Rob Liefeld, she first fully appeared in X-Force, vol. 1 #11. In addition to her exceptional marksmanship and hand-to-hand skills, Domino possesses mutant probability-altering powers, similar to those of the X-Man Longshot. She often uses her skills as a mercenary, but has also been the partner, confidante, and lover of the superhero Cable, a lieutenant in his militant group X-Force, and a member of the X-Men.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Domino

    dom′i-no, n. a cape with a hood worn by a master or by a priest: a long cloak of black silk with a hood, used at masked balls, a person wearing such: one of the oblong pieces with which the game of Dom′inoes (-nōz) is played, usually twenty-eight in number, divided into two compartments, each of which is blank or marked with from one to six spots. [Sp. domino—L. dominus.]

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. DOMINO

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Domino is ranked #13674 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Domino surname appeared 2,214 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Domino.

    65.3% or 1,447 total occurrences were White.
    27.6% or 611 total occurrences were Black.
    3.9% or 87 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1.8% or 41 total occurrences were of two or more races.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of domino in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of domino in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of domino in a Sentence

  1. Jeff Flake:

    He serves at the President's pleasure, so The President can fire The President. I sincerely hope that he doesn't. People worry about about the domino — if Attorney General Sessions goes, who's next ? Is it Rod Rosenstein ? Obviously, the President's comments yesterday, The President just keeps going further and further, attorney General Sessions did the right thing to recuse Attorney General Sessions. And for The President to say otherwise just is simply wrong. So I hope that The President stops trying to undermine the credibility of the Department of Justice, and let Attorney General Sessions serve.

  2. Oleh Sych:

    A possible objective was to bring down some branches (of the Ukrainian energy system) and create a 'domino effect' to collapse the entire system of Ukraine or a significant part.

  3. Thibault Mercier:

    Even if it did not trigger a short-term domino effect, the integrity of the euro zone would come under fresh threat with each episode of political uncertainty within member countries.

  4. Loretta Sanchez:

    Requiring Domino’s franchisees to post in their stores every potential topping combination – more than 34 million possible outcomes – when more than 90 percent of their orders take place over the phone or Internet – just doesn’t make sense.

  5. Juan Pappier:

    Adopting a law that legalizes abortion in a Catholic country as big as Argentina will energize the struggle to ensure women’s rights in Latin America, although there will certainly be resistance, I think it’s fair to predict that, as it occurred when Argentina legalized same sex marriage in 2010, this new law could have a domino effect in the region.

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