definition of
dominance

[1] #1 dominance n. [laterality] superior development of one side of the body. wn

[2] #2 dominance n. [ascendance, ascendence, ascendancy, ascendency, control] 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". wn

[3] #3 dominance n. 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. wn

[4] #4 dominance n. [authority, authorization, authorisation, potency, say-so] 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". wn