FinnHun Finnish-Hungarian-English on-line dictionary and thesaurus

n (music) The fifth major tone of a musical scale (five major steps above the note in question); thus G is the dominant of C, A of D, and so on.

n (music) The triad built on the dominant tone.

a Ruling; governing; prevailing; controlling; as, the dominant party, church, spirit, power.

a predominant | Predominant, common, prevalent, of greatest importance.