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The quality or condition of being prepotent; predominance.

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  1. n. The quality or condition of being prepotent; predominance.
  2. n. The capacity, on the part of one of the parents, as compared with the other, to transmit more than his or her own share of characteristics to their offspring.
  3. n. the state of being predominant over others
  4. 1. The quality or condition of being prepotent; predominance. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne. 2. (Biol.) The capacity, on the part of one of the parents, as compared with the other, to transmit more than his or her own share of characteristics to their offspring.
  5. The capacity, on the part of one of the parents, as comparedwith the other, to transmit more than his or her own share ofcharacteristics to their offspring.
  6. n the state of being predominant over others