Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
dominance (noun)1.
the fact or state of being as - dominant
a) dominant position especially in a social hierarchy
b) the property of one of a pair of alleles or traits that suppresses expression of the other in the heterozygous condition
c) the influence or control over ecological communities exerted by a dominant
2.
functional asymmetry between a pair of bodily structures (as the right and left hands)
