What's the difference between dominate and domino?

Dominate


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To predominate over; to rule; to govern.
  • (v. i.) To be dominant.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Variables included an ego-delay measure obtained from temporal estimations, perceptions of temporal dominance and relatedness obtained from Cottle's Circles Test, Ss' ages, and a measure of long-term posthospital adjustment.
  • (2) Brilliant, old-fashioned speech, from the days before teleprompters became all-dominant.
  • (3) In some experiments heart rate and minute ventilation (central vactors) appear to be the dominant cues for rated perceived exertion, while in others, local factors such as blood lactate concentration and muscular discomfort seem to be the prominent cues.
  • (4) Until recently, the control was thought to be governed by single, dominant genes, located within the I region of the H-2 complex.
  • (5) In a control study an inert stereoisomer, d-propranolol, did not block the ocular dominance shift.
  • (6) Pedigree studies have suggested that there may be an inherited predisposition to many apparently nonfamilial colorectal cancers and a genetic model of tumorigenesis in common colorectal cancer has been proposed that includes the activation of dominantly acting oncogenes and the inactivation of growth suppressor genes.
  • (7) The dilemmas faced by the genetic counsellor are discussed in this variable autosomal dominant condition.
  • (8) Dominic Fifield Facebook Twitter Pinterest Ravel Morrison, who has been on loan at QPR, may be set for a return to Loftus Road.
  • (9) Simple cells that are nearly equally dominated by each eye always exhibit strong phase-specific interaction.
  • (10) Right hemisphere inactivation caused a decrease in the frequency of lateral hypothalamus self-stimulation, whereas with left hemisphere inactivation it increased, which testifies to right hemisphere dominance in self-stimulation reaction.
  • (11) The association of these defects of teeth and bone was found to be transmitted as an autosomal dominant trait over four generations.
  • (12) Tumorigenesis is a multistep process involving mutations of dominantly acting proto-oncogenes and mutations and loss-of-function mutations of tumor suppressor genes.
  • (13) In-vivo data are limited primarily to dominant lethal studies in rats and some in-vivo alkaline elution results.
  • (14) A more accurate fit of T1 data using a modified Lipari and Szabo approach indicates that internal fast motions dominate the T1 relaxation in glycogen.
  • (15) Here's Dominic's full story: US unemployment rate drops to lowest level in six years as 288,000 jobs added Michael McKee (@mckonomy) BNP economists say jobless rate would have been 6.8% if not for drop in participation rate May 2, 2014 2.20pm BST ING's Rob Carnell is also struck by the "extraordinary weakness" of US wage growth .
  • (16) Both types of oral cleft, cleft palate (CP) and cleft lip with or without CP (CLP), segregate in these families together with lower lip pits or fistulae in an autosomal dominant mode with high penetrance estimated to be K = .89 and .99 by different methods.
  • (17) Four fractions enriched, respectively, in plasma membrane (PM), smooth endoplasmic reticulum (SER), rough endoplasmic reticulum (RER), and mitochondria were isolated from estrogen-dominated rat myometrium.
  • (18) The effect of the mutation for white belly spot controlled by the dominant gene W on spermatogenesis in mice was examined by experimental cryptorchidism and its surgical reversal.
  • (19) The controversy about "fasting girls" and the all-dominating diagnosis of neurasthenia may explain the delay in the American interest in the new disorder.
  • (20) Normally, the small longitudinal (arterioles to venules) gradient of microvascular and perimicrovascular pressures is not a major concern, but in nonuniform disease processes, such as microembolism, longitudinal inhomogeneity, and parallel inhomogeneity are dominant.

Domino


Definition:

  • (n.) A kind of hood worn by the canons of a cathedral church; a sort of amice.
  • (n.) A mourning veil formerly worn by women.
  • (n.) A kind of mask; particularly, a half mask worn at masquerades, to conceal the upper part of the face. Dominos were formerly worn by ladies in traveling.
  • (n.) A costume worn as a disguise at masquerades, consisting of a robe with a hood adjustable at pleasure.
  • (n.) A person wearing a domino.
  • (n.) A game played by two or more persons, with twenty-eight pieces of wood, bone, or ivory, of a flat, oblong shape, plain at the back, but on the face divided by a line in the middle, and either left blank or variously dotted after the manner of dice. The game is played by matching the spots or the blank of an unmatched half of a domino already played
  • (n.) One of the pieces with which the game of dominoes is played.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In a domino effect, everyone got down, one on top of the other.” A 29-year-old woman described blood and flesh that had been blown on to others.
  • (2) Domino’s had been in touch with Driscoll on Thursday morning and was “working to make it up to him ... and to ensure he is not out of pocket for any expenses incurred”.
  • (3) De Blasio's first significant act as mayor was to challenge a development plan for the iconic Domino's Sugar factory in Brooklyn – a typical late-Bloomberg, large-scale building project.
  • (4) I love it when musicians and their instruments sort of become an entity in themselves – you see it with Nina Simone and Ray Charles as well as Fats Domino.
  • (5) Scarborough council said leaving the houses standing could cause a domino-effect down the steep slope above the picturesque harbour where the explorer Captain James Cook lodged and learned his seafaring skills.
  • (6) Driscroll told 3AW that he had not yet received the payment from Domino’s Pizza.
  • (7) Of course, I am very worried about them.” Separately, at least three people were killed in clashes in the south-western city of Odessa, which has largely resisted the domino effect of pro-Russian separatists taking over Ukrainian cities in the east.
  • (8) If Italy becomes another domino after a Spanish bailout the anger could be uncontainable (to use a word adopted by Bank of England deputy Paul Tucker in relation to another banking crisis).
  • (9) It is not known how much Wonga paid for the deal, which includes broadcast, online and mobile sponsorship, but last year's show was sponsored by pizza company Domino's for £1m .
  • (10) The Domino system and a 1-2 days stay were the preferred options (25 and 24 per cent respectively).
  • (11) When Domino’s Pizza did not acknowledge or participate in the proceedings, Driscoll was awarded the case by default, with the chain ordered to pay $1,203.27 to cover his legal fees as well as the $37.35 order.
  • (12) Then there is a domino effect, as reefs fail so will other ecosystems.
  • (13) The action spread by phone in "a domino effect", stewards said.
  • (14) On Thursday, Domino’s Australia unveiled a pizza delivery robot in Brisbane.
  • (15) Domino theorists argue that the impact on the economy, growth and employment would be catastrophic and incalculable.
  • (16) In what Brown has described as a "domino" strategy, his meetings today with developing countries were planned to produce an agreement about a pledge to curb emissions.
  • (17) "The more countries that go down this path, the bigger the domino effect.
  • (18) At the start of this decade Iceland would have made an unlikely candidate for the first sovereign-state domino to fall in the financial meltdown.
  • (19) An algorithm for the calculation of plausibilities of paternity for the HLA system is presented, which is based on the concept of the game of domino.
  • (20) … I knew I would be like a domino in the line of fire Christopher Hansen Hansen was at the bar.