Plural of dominant

Forms of dominant

Dominants in a sentence

• Finally, if we suppose provisionally that the mutant genes are dominant just as often as they are recessive, selection will be far more severe in eliminating the disadvantageous dominants than in eliminating the disadvantageous recessives.1930, R. A. Fisher, J. H. Bennett, The Genetical Theory of Natural Selection, page 50
• Landowners cannot afford to cut submerchantable trees, yet many hesitate to cut merchantable dominants and codominants at the risk of downgrading the residual stand.1966, John R. Bassett, Thinning loblolly pine from above and below, New Orleans, La: Southern Forest Experiment Station
• Note: Working with negative harmonies leads us to use IVm6 chords instead of the classical dominants.2023 December 1, “Negative Harmony: We love the positive and the negative”, in Fluegel, Michael;, archived from the original on 01 Dec 2023. From the entry negative harmony
• Second, in both feeder and nonfeeder territories subordinate birds were less likely to be present than dominants.1992, Nicholas B. Davies, Dunnock behaviour and social evolution. From the entry nonfeeder
• The dark-hearted or dominants behaved in two different ways.1904, Hugo de Vries, Daniel Trembly MacDougal, Species and Varieties: Their Origin by Mutation. From the entry dark-hearted

Meaning of dominant

1. noun 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.
2. noun The triad built on the dominant tone.
3. noun Of an allele, that a heterozygote for the allele has the same phenotype as the homozygote.

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Questions about the plural of dominant

What is the plural of dominant?

The plural of dominant is dominants.

Is dominant countable?

Dominant is a countable noun.