Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
DOMINANT
dominant
(adjective) exercising influence or control; “television plays a dominant role in molding public opinion”; “the dominant partner in the marriage”
dominant
(adjective) (of genes) producing the same phenotype whether its allele is identical or dissimilar
prevailing, prevalent, predominant, dominant, rife
(adjective) most frequent or common; “prevailing winds”
dominant
(noun) (music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
dominant (plural dominants)
(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) A gene that is dominant.
A species or organism that is dominant.
(BDSM) The dominating partner in sadomasochistic sexual activity.
Synonyms
• dominator
Adjective
dominant (comparative more dominant, superlative most dominant)
Ruling; governing; prevailing
Predominant, common, prevalent, of greatest importance.
(medicine) Designating the follicle which will survive atresia and permit ovulation.
Synonyms
• (ruling, governing): imposing
• (predominant, common): prevalent
Antonyms
• (ruling): obedient, submissive (one who obeys); defiant, rebellious (one who defys)
Source: Wiktionary
Dom"i*nant, a. Etym: [L. dominans, -antis, p. pr. of dominari: cf. F. dominant. See Dominate.]
Definition: Ruling; governing; prevailing; controlling; predominant; as, the dominant party, church, spirit, power. The member of a dominant race is, in his dealings with the subject race, seldom indeed fraudulent, . . . but imperious, insolent, and cruel. Macaulay. Dominant estate or tenement (Law), the estate to which a servitude or easement is due from another estate, the estate over which the servitude extends being called the servient estate or tenement. Bouvier. Wharton's Law Dict.
– Dominant owner (Law), one who owns lands on which there is an easement owned by another.
Syn.
– Governing; ruling; controlling; prevailing; predominant; ascendant.
Dom"i*nant, n. (Mus.)
Definition: The fifth tone of the scale; thus G is the dominant of C, A of D, and so on. Dominant chord (Mus.), the chord based upon the dominant.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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