Words Like SUBDOMINANT
    
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            2 Alternative Words Similar to subdominant
   
            
               
            
            
        
       
    
    
        9 definitions of subdominant
           
        
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        The fourth tone above, or fifth below, the tonic; -- so called as being under the dominant.
    
    
    
 
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        (music) the fourth note of the diatonic scale
    
    
    
 
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        Music   The fourth tone of a diatonic scale, next below the dominant.
    
    
    
 
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        Zoology   Less than dominant; ranking below one that is dominant:  the subdominant male in a pride of lions. 
    
    
    
 
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        Ecology   Prevalent in a community but below the dominant in importance. Used of a species.
    
    
    
 
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        In music, the tone next below the dominant in a scale; the fourth, as D in the scale of A: also used adjectively. See diagram under circle.
    
    
    
 
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        Subordinate; sub-maximal or subnormal: said specifically of the stimuli which evoke marginal or obscure mental processes.
    
    
    
 
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        The fourth tone of a scale.
    
    
    
 
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        The triad built on the subdominant tone.