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subdominant

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sub⋅dom⋅i⋅nant

  [suhb-dom-uh-nuhnt]
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–noun
1. Music. the fourth tone of a diatonic scale, next below the dominant.
–adjective
2. less than or not quite dominant.
Origin:
1785–95; sub- + dominant
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sub·dom·i·nant   (sŭb-dŏm'ə-nənt)   
n.   Music
The fourth tone of a diatonic scale, next below the dominant.
adj.  

  1. Zoology Less than dominant; ranking below one that is dominant: the subdominant male in a pride of lions.

  2. Ecology Prevalent in a community but below the dominant in importance. Used of a species.

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