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dominant (adjective), more dominant, most dominant
1. Regarding the control or command over others: The dominant party in the government has the power and authority in ruling.
2. Concerning something more important, effective, or prominent than others: The dominant churches in Germany are the Catholic and Protestant churches.
3. Relating to a single plant or animal species that is preponderant within a specific community or over a specific period: The presence of wolves in Germany is not quite dominant yet, but they certainly have killed many sheep over the months and might become more dominant if nothing is done to control them.
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dominant idea (s) (noun), dominant ideas (pl)
Strong thoughts which occupy the forefront of consciousness and to which other thoughts and actions are subordinated or considered to be less important: Dominant ideas can possibly be "abnormal" or they can simply be the primary ideas that are on a person's mind at a spedific time.
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eye domanance, dominant eye, master eye
1. The almost universal situation in which one eye is unconsciously relied on and used more than the other eye or which is customarily used for monocular tasks.
2. The eye to which a person unconsciously gives preference as a source of stimuli for visual sensations.

The dominant eye is usually used in sighting down a gun or looking through a monocular microscope or a telescope.

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