prédominance

prédominance
(pré-do-mi-nan-s') s. f.
Action de ce qui prédomine.
   La prédominance des vents méridionaux et occidentaux durant l'hiver, RAMOND Inst. Mém. scienc. 1808, p. 140.
   Depuis la naissance de l'enfant jusqu'à l'âge de quatorze ans, le volume et la prédominance du cerveau appellent particulièrement le sang vers la tête, CABANIS Instit. scienc. mor. et pol. t. II, p. 142.
   Prédominant.

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