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PREDOMINANT
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having superior power and influence
Example:
the predominant mood among policy-makers is optimism
Synonyms:
overriding; paramount; predominant; predominate; preponderant; preponderating
Classified under:
Similar:
dominant (exercising influence or control)
Derivation:
predominance (the state of being predominant over others)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Most frequent or common
Example:
prevailing winds
Synonyms:
dominant; predominant; prevailing; prevalent; rife
Classified under:
Similar:
frequent (coming at short intervals or habitually)
Derivation:
predominance (the quality of being more noticeable than anything else)
predominate (be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance)
Context examples:
A characteristic of a medicinal product, specifying that its most predominant agreeable savor detected by the unified sensation of taste and olfactory receptors resembles caramel.
(Caramel Flavor, NCI Thesaurus)
A characteristic of a medicinal product, specifying that its most predominant agreeable savor detected by the unified sensation of taste and olfactory receptors resembles pineapple.
(Pineapple Flavor, NCI Thesaurus)
A characteristic of a medicinal product, specifying that its most predominant agreeable savor detected by the unified sensation of taste and olfactory receptors resembles burgundy.
(Burgundy Flavor, NCI Thesaurus)
A characteristic of a medicinal product, specifying that its most predominant agreeable savor detected by the unified sensation of taste and olfactory receptors resembles butterscotch.
(Butterscotch Flavor, NCI Thesaurus)
A characteristic of a medicinal product, specifying that its most predominant agreeable savor detected by the unified sensation of taste and olfactory receptors resembles cinnamon.
(Cinnamon Flavor, NCI Thesaurus)
Microscopically, the predominant growth pattern is syncytial with broad anastomosing bands or sheets of malignant cells.
(Medullary breast carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Also called LPHL, lymphocyte-predominant Hodgkin lymphoma, and nodular lymphocyte-predominant Hodgkin lymphoma.
(NLPHL, NCI Dictionary)
A characteristic of a medicinal product, specifying that its most predominant agreeable savor detected by the unified sensation of taste and olfactory receptors resembles peach.
(Peach Flavor, NCI Thesaurus)
A characteristic of a medicinal product, specifying that its most predominant agreeable savor detected by the unified sensation of taste and olfactory receptors resembles orange.
(Orange Flavor, NCI Thesaurus)
An electrocardiographic finding of a supraventricular arrhythmia characterized by 3 or more distinct P wave morphologies with an isoelectric baseline, variable PR intervals and no predominant atrial rhythm.
(Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
