Dominant

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The word dominant has several possible meanings:

• In music theory, the dominant or dominant note (second most important) of a key is that which is a perfect fifth above the tonic; in just intonation the note whose pitch is 1.5 times the frequency of the tonic note's pitch and in twelve tone equal temperament is 7 semitones or 700 cents above the tonic.
• In genetics, a dominant gene is one that is expressed when heterozygous with a recessive allele of the gene. It is a feature of diseases that inherit in an autosomal dominant fashion.
• In BDSM, Dominant is a more precise term for a top in BDSM - see dominant (BDSM)
• Dominant may refer to social status especially of dogs or wolves in a pack

References

• Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "Dominant" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominant, used under the GNU Free Documentation License