An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
DOMINANCE
laterality, dominance
(noun) superior development of one side of the body
authority, authorization, authorisation, potency, dominance, say-so
(noun) the power or right to give orders or make decisions; “he has the authority to issue warrants”; “deputies are given authorization to make arrests”; “a place of potency in the state”
dominance
(noun) the organic phenomenon in which one of a pair of alleles present in a genotype is expressed in the phenotype and the other allele of the pair is not
dominance, ascendance, ascendence, ascendancy, ascendency, control
(noun) the state that exists when one person or group has power over another; “her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
dominance (countable and uncountable, plural dominances)
The state of being dominant; of prime importance; supremacy.
Being in a position of power, authority or ascendancy over others.
(physiology) The superior development of or preference for one side of the body or one of a pair of organs; such as being right-handed.
(biology, genetics) The property of a gene such that it suppresses the expression of its allele.
Source: Wiktionary
Dom"i*nance, Dom"i*nan*cy, n.
Definition: Predominance; ascendency; authority.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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BENEFICIAL
(adjective) promoting or enhancing well-being; “an arms limitation agreement beneficial to all countries”; “the beneficial effects of a temperate climate”; “the experience was good for her”
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