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domain

do·main

UK/ˌdəʊˈmeɪ̯n/ US/dəˈmeɪ̯n/ fairly common

noun

1.

a particular environment or walk of life

  • “his social sphere is limited”
  • “it was a closed area of employment”
  • “he”
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2.

territory over which rule or control is exercised

  • “his domain extended into Europe”
  • “he made it the law of the land”
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3.

the set of values of the independent variable for which a function is defined

4.

people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest

  • “the Western world”
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5.

a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about

  • “it was a limited domain of discourse”
  • “here we enter the region of opinion”
  • “the realm of the occult”
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Origin

From Middle English demayne, demain (“rule”), from Old French demeine, demaine, demeigne, domaine (“power”), (French domaine), from Latin dominium (“property, right of ownership”), from dominus (“master, proprietor, owner”).

Phrases

  • Bézout domain
  • data domain
  • Dedekind domain
  • domain hack
  • domain kiting
  • domain logic
  • domain name
  • domain name server

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