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adj
Having an overwhelming proportion of market share, so as to be almost a monopoly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: law
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adj
Having a disproportionate degree of influence or salience.
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adj
Holding a position of absolute dominance.
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Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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adj
Extremely dominating; controlling.
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adj
Controlling or enhancing the expression of another pair of genes or chromosomes.
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Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
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adj
Sufficiently large so as to control the blood flow to an area.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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adj
Rising above the general level of the overstory.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, forestry
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adj
Comprising the winning strategy in all cases.
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Qualifier: decision theory
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noun
The sixth tone of the scale, immediately above the dominant.
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Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
A species that is present in disproportionately large numbers within an ecosystem.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, ecology, natural-sciences
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History
From super- + dominant.
