dominance

English

Wikipedia

Noun

dominance (plural dominances)

1. The state of being dominant; of prime importance; supremacy.
   • 2011 September 29, Jon Smith, “Tottenham 3 - 1 Shamrock Rovers”, BBC Sport:

     But with the lively Dos Santos pulling the strings behind strikers Pavlyuchenko and Defoe, Spurs controlled the first half without finding the breakthrough their dominance deserved.

2. Being in a position of power, authority or ascendancy over others.
3. The superior development or preference for one side of the body or of one of a pair of organs; such as being right-handed.
4. The property of a gene such that it supresses the expression of its allele.

Derived terms

• cross-dominance
• dominancy

Translations

state of being dominant

Bulgarian: господство (bg) n., преобладаване (bg) n. Dutch: dominantie (nl) f. Finnish: hallinta (fi) German: Dominanz (de) f. Hebrew: דומיננטיות (he) (dominant'iut) f.

Persian: تسلط داشتن (fa) (tasalot dâştan) Polish: dominacja (pl) f. Russian: господство (ru) (gospódstvo) n., преобладание (ru) (preobladánije) n., доминирование (ru) (dominírovanije) n. Vietnamese: chiếm ưu thế (vi)

being in a position over others

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Armenian: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Czech: please add this translation if you can Dutch: please add this translation if you can Finnish: hallitsevuus (fi) French: dominance (fr) f. German: Herrschaft (de) f.

Hindi: please add this translation if you can Italian: please add this translation if you can Japanese: please add this translation if you can Korean: please add this translation if you can Portuguese: please add this translation if you can Russian: господство (ru) (gospódstvo) n., доминирование (ru) (dominírovanije) n. Spanish: please add this translation if you can Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

superior development or preference for one side of the body or for one of a pair of organs

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Armenian: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Czech: please add this translation if you can Dutch: please add this translation if you can Finnish: hallitsevuus (fi) French: please add this translation if you can German: please add this translation if you can

Hindi: please add this translation if you can Italian: please add this translation if you can Japanese: please add this translation if you can Korean: please add this translation if you can Portuguese: please add this translation if you can Russian: доминантность (ru) (dominántnost') f., доминирование (ru) (dominírovanije) n. Spanish: please add this translation if you can Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

property of a gene

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Armenian: please add this translation if you can Chinese: 显性 (zh) Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Czech: please add this translation if you can Dutch: please add this translation if you can Finnish: dominoivuus (fi) French: please add this translation if you can German: please add this translation if you can

Hindi: please add this translation if you can Italian: please add this translation if you can Japanese: please add this translation if you can Korean: please add this translation if you can Portuguese: please add this translation if you can Russian: доминантность (ru) (dominántnost') f., доминирование (ru) (dominírovanije) n. Spanish: please add this translation if you can Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

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French

Noun

dominance f. (plural dominances)

1. dominance