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How to pronounce “dominant”
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- Practice the English pronunciation of dominant with real speech in context.
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- Stories from My NBA Career
And they were really left hand dominant guys who
- Definition summary
- (music) The fifth major tone of a musical scale (five major steps above the note in question); thus G is the dominant of C, A of D, and so on.
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How to pronounce dominant
Stories from My NBA Career

And they were really left hand dominant guys who
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A Deep Dive Into “dominant”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (music) The fifth major tone of a musical scale (five major steps above the note in question); thus G is the dominant of C, A of D, and so on.
- (music) The triad built on the dominant tone.
- (genetics) Of an allele, that a heterozygote for the allele has the same phenotype as the homozygote.
- A species or organism that is dominant.
- (BDSM) The dominating partner in sadomasochistic sexual activity.
- [Adjective]
- Ruling; governing; prevailing
- Predominant, common, prevalent, of greatest importance.
- (of a body part) Preferred and used with greater dexterity than the other, as the right hand of a right-handed person or the left hand of a left-handed one.
- (medicine) Designating the follicle which will survive atresia and permit ovulation.
- (music) Being the dominant
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