dominance

From dominant +‎ -ance.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɒmɪnəns/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdɑːmɪnəns/

dominance (countable and uncountable, plural dominances)

1. The state of being dominant; of prime importance; supremacy.
   • 2011 September 29, Jon Smith, “Tottenham 3 - 1 Shamrock Rovers”, in BBC Sport‎:

     But with the lively Dos Santos pulling the strings behind strikers Pavlyuchenko and Defoe, Spurs controlled the first half without finding the breakthrough their dominance deserved.

2. Being in a position of power, authority or ascendancy over others.
3. (physiology) The superior development of or preference for one side of the body or one of a pair of organs; such as being right-handed.
4. (biology, genetics) The property of a gene such that it suppresses the expression of its allele.

• cross-dominance
• dominancy

• Rhymes: -ɑ̃s

dominance f (plural dominances)

1. dominance

• “dominance” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).