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dominance

Syllabification: (dom·i·nance)
Pronunciation: /ˈdämənəns/
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Definition of dominance

noun

  • power and influence over others:the worldwide dominance of Hollywood
  • Genetics the phenomenon whereby, in an individual containing two allelic forms of a gene, one is expressed to the exclusion of the other.
  • Ecology the predominance of one or more species in a plant (or animal) community.

Derivatives

dominancy

Pronunciation: /-sē/
noun

dominance in other Oxford dictionaries

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