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   dominance

   /ˈdɒmɪnəns/

   noun

   • 1. power and influence over others: "the worldwide dominance of Hollywood"
   • ▪ the phenomenon whereby, in an individual containing two allelic forms of a gene, one is expressed to the exclusion of the other: "all had, in conformity with the principle of dominance, round seeds with yellow cotyledons"
   • ▪ the predominance of one or more species in a plant (or animal) community: "some plants produce structures to outcompete other species for dominance in a given habitat"

   Derivatives

   • 1. dominancy noun

   Scrabble Points: 14

   • D

     2

   • O

     1

   • M

     3

   • I

     1

   • N

     1

   • A

     1

   • N

     1

   • C

     3

   • E

     1

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