SUBDOMINANT


Meaning of SUBDOMINANT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌsəb-ˈdäm-nənt, -ˈdä-mə- ]

noun

Date: 1793

1. : the fourth tone of a major or minor scale

2. : something partly but incompletely dominant ; especially : an ecologically important life form subordinate in influence to the dominants of a community

• subdominant adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.