Dominance (Noun)
Meaning 1
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".
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Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
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Meaning 2
Superior development of one side of the body.
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Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
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- Most athletes exhibit lateral dominance, where one side of their body is stronger or more coordinated than the other.
- Handedness is an example of dominance in which one side of the brain is specialized for language processing and fine motor control.
- A tennis player may exhibit right arm dominance due to extensive training with a racquet.
- Neuroplasticity allows for a reduction in the effects of dominance on coordination by developing unused areas of the brain.
- Genetic and environmental factors influence dominance and overall coordination and can contribute to better balance.
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Meaning 3
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".
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Nouns denoting natural processes.
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Meaning 4
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.
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Nouns denoting natural phenomena.