domination

1 social control by dominating

2 power to dominate or defeat; "mastery of the seas" [syn: mastery, supremacy]

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃǝn

Noun

1. The act of dominating; exercise of power in ruling; dominion; supremacy; authority; often, arbitrary or insolent way.

Translations

Domination is the condition of having control or power over people, animals, or things.

The terms Domination or dominant may refer to:

Music

• Dominant (music), in music theory
• Domination (rapper) (b. 1982), an American rapper from Queens, New York
• Domination (album), 1995 album by U.S. death metal band Morbid Angel
• "Domination", a song on Pantera's 1990 album, Cowboys From Hell
• "Domination", a song on Symphony X's 2007 album, Paradise Lost

Biology

• Dominant allele in genetics is the affecting allele in the gene.
• Ocular dominance for when one eye is dominant
• Handedness for when one hand is dominant
• Footedness for when one foot is dominant

Mathematics

• Dominating decision rule, in decision theory

Games

• Domination (chess) occurs where a chess piece with wide movement cannot avoid capture.
• Domination (computer game) is a turn-based computer game.
• Domination (poker), way of rating a poker hand
• Domination, also known as Focus (board game), a 1964 game designed by Sid Sackson
• Domination, a multiplayer game mode featured in the popular 2007 video game Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, among others.

Other

• The Domination, a series of dystopian novels by S. M. Stirling

See also

• Dominator, disambiguation page
• Dominate (disambiguation)
• Dominance
• World domination (disambiguation)

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