Definition of Dominent
Dom"i*nant (?), a. [L. dominans,
-antis, p. pr. of dominari: cf. F. dominant. See
Dominate.] 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.) 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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (music) The fifth tone of the scale; thus G is the dominant of C, A of D, and so on.
- (music) The triad built on the dominant tone.
- Ruling; governing; prevailing; controlling; predominant; as, the dominant party, church, spirit, power.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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