'Dominance' definitions:

Definition of 'dominance'

(from WordNet)
noun
Superior development of one side of the body [syn: laterality, dominance]
noun
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" [syn: dominance, ascendance, ascendence, ascendancy, ascendency, control]
noun
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
noun
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" [syn: authority, authorization, authorisation, potency, dominance, say-so]

Definition of 'Dominance'

From: GCIDE
  • Dominance \Dom"i*nance\, Dominancy \Dom"i*nan*cy\, n. Predominance; ascendency; authority. [1913 Webster]