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Dominant describes a person who is in a position of power or who is exhibiting powerful or controlling tendencies. (adjective)
An example of dominant is a strong and powerful CEO.
Dominant is a person who exhibits power and control or a thing, like a gene, that exerts itself and makes itself known. (noun)
- An example of dominant is the brown-eyed gene.
- An example of dominant is a CEO.
Dominant refers to a gene that will present itself by producing a characteristic that can be inherited. (adjective)
An example of a dominant gene is the brown-eyed gene, compared to the blue-eyed gene which is recessive.
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