dominant
adjective
ruling, governing, or controlling; having or exerting authority or influence.
dominants
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pluralof dominant.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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His day job involved explaining the arcane workings of second-inversion dominants and Neapolitan sixths to a class of puzzled undergraduates that included me.
From New York Times ● May 14, 2011
Throughout albums like Innervisions or Songs in the Key of Life you'll find plenty of what you might call 'jazz chords' – flattened 9ths and secondary dominants and extended blues progressions and all that business.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 17, 2010
In its analysis he uses the Mendelian classification of biological traits into dominants and recessives, adds two other categories: survivals and mutations.
From Time Magazine Archive
Of the second generation, one-half the individuals are still mixed, bearing the dominant characteristic externally and the other hidden; one-fourth are pure dominants and one-fourth are pure recessives.
From The Dollar Hen by Milo M. (Milo Milton) Hastings
These above-average men," Dick continued, "these pace-makers, are the inventors, the discoverers, the constructionists, the sporting dominants.
From The Little Lady of the Big House by Jack London
