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domain

noun
/ˌdəʊˈmeɪ̯n/UK/ˌdoʊ̯ˈmeɪ̯n/CA/ˌdəʉ̯ˈmæ̝ɪ̯n/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dem- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *dṓmder. Proto-Italic *domanos Latin dominus Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium Latin dominiumder. Old French demainebor. Middle English demayne English domain 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”). Doublet of demesne and dominium, and closely related to dominion and domino. See also dame, and compare demain, danger, dungeon.

  1. derived from dominium
  2. derived from demeine
  3. inherited from demayne

Definitions

  1. A geographic area owned or controlled by a single person or organization.

    • The king ruled his domain harshly.
    • Bears and other ferocious beasts resented man's intrusion into their domain; so, too, did the Blackfoot Indians and other tribes, whose savage hostility was a constant menace to the lives of the toiling engineers.
    • Farmers account for just 1.5% of the British population, but the size of their domain – 71% of the country’s surface area is classified as farmland – has given them power over the public imagination.

  2. A field or sphere of activity, influence or expertise.

    • Dealing with complaints isn't really my domain: get in touch with customer services.
    • His domain is English history.

  3. A group of related items, topics, or subjects.

  4. ›+ 13 more definitions

    1. The set of input (argument) values for which a function is defined.

    2. A ring with no zero divisors

      A ring with no zero divisors; that is, in which no product of nonzero elements is zero.

    3. An open and connected set in some topology. For example, the interval (0,1) as a subset…

      An open and connected set in some topology. For example, the interval (0,1) as a subset of the real numbers.

    4. Any DNS domain name, particularly one which has been delegated and has become…

      Any DNS domain name, particularly one which has been delegated and has become representative of the delegated domain name and its subdomains.

    5. A collection of DNS or DNS-like domain names consisting of a delegated domain name and…

      A collection of DNS or DNS-like domain names consisting of a delegated domain name and all its subdomains.

    6. A collection of information having to do with a domain, the computers named in the…

      A collection of information having to do with a domain, the computers named in the domain, and the network on which the computers named in the domain reside.

    7. The collection of computers identified by a domain's domain names.

    8. A small region of a magnetic material with a consistent magnetization direction.

    9. Such a region used as a data storage element in a bubble memory.

    10. A form of technical metadata that represent the type of a data item, its characteristics,…

      A form of technical metadata that represent the type of a data item, its characteristics, name, and usage.

      • A characteristic of a field. A data domain specifies a data type and applies the minimum and maximum values allowed and other constraints.

    11. The highest rank in the classification of organisms, above kingdom

      The highest rank in the classification of organisms, above kingdom; in the three-domain system, one of the taxa Bacteria, Archaea, or Eukaryota.

    12. A folded section of a protein molecule that has a discrete function

      A folded section of a protein molecule that has a discrete function; the equivalent section of a chromosome.

    13. An area of more or less uniform mineralization.

The neighborhood

Derived

antidomain, Bézout domain, bidomain, biodomain, chromodomain, cross-domain, cytodomain, data domain, Dedekind domain, didomain, domainal, domained, domainer, domain hack, domaining, domain-joined, domain kiting, domainless, domain logic, domain name, domain name server, domain name service, domain of convergence, domain of discourse, domainogram, domainome, domain-specific, domain-specific language, domain tasting, domain theory, domain wall, domainwide, ecodomain, ectodomain, eminent domain, endodomain, Euclidean domain, exodomain, ferroelectric domain, flavodomain · +46 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at domain. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at domain. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at domain

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA