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domain

  • /ˌdəʊˈmeɪ̯n/ UK
  • /dəˈmeɪ̯n/ UK
  • /ˌdoʊ̯ˈmeɪ̯n/ Canada, US
  • /dəˈmeɪ̯n/ Canada, US
  • /ˌdoʊ̯ˈmeɪ̯n/ California
  • [dəʊ̯ˈmeɪ̯n] California
  • /ˌdəʉ̯ˈmæ̝ɪ̯n/ Australia
  • /dəˈmæ̝ɪ̯n/ Australia
  • /ɖoˈmeːn/ South Asia

Sounds like demesne · Rhymes with -eɪn

Where it comes from

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.

noun domains

  1. A geographic area owned or controlled by a single person or organization. The king ruled his domain harshly.

    Similar: demesne

  2. A field or sphere of activity, influence or expertise. Dealing with complaints isn't really my domain: get in touch with customer services.
  3. A group of related items, topics, or subjects. Some of the most beautiful and thus appealing physical theories, including quantum electrodynamics and quantum gravity, have been dogged for decades by infinities that erupt when theorists try to prod their calculations into new domains. Getting rid of these nagging infinities has probably occupied
  4. The set of input (argument) values for which a function is defined.
  5. broadly, of a binary relation R between A and B The set A; The subset of A consisting of elements a of A such that there exists an element b in B with (a,b) in R.
  6. A ring with no zero divisors; that is, in which no product of nonzero elements is zero.
  7. An open and connected set in some topology. For example, the interval (0,1) as a subset of the real numbers.
  8. Internet Any DNS domain name, particularly one which has been delegated and has become representative of the delegated domain name and its subdomains. 2000, BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual (9.3.2), Internet Software Consortium https://web.archive.org/web/20060619063455/http://www.bind9.net/manual/bind/9.3.2/Bv9ARM.ch01.html Every name in the DNS tree is a domain, even if it is terminal, that is, has no subdomains.
  9. Internet A collection of DNS or DNS-like domain names consisting of a delegated domain name and all its subdomains.

    Similar: domain name, hostname

  10. 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.
  11. The collection of computers identified by a domain's domain names.
  12. A small region of a magnetic material with a consistent magnetization direction.
  13. Such a region used as a data storage element in a bubble memory.
  14. 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.
  15. The highest rank in the classification of organisms, above kingdom; in the three-domain system, one of the taxa Bacteria, Archaea, or Eukaryota.

    Similar: dominium

  16. A folded section of a protein molecule that has a discrete function; the equivalent section of a chromosome.
  17. An area of more or less uniform mineralization.

Similar: domain of definition · Opposite: range, codomain

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: region, realm, demesne, world, area, arena, sphere, land, orbit, field, hegemony, empire, constituency, fief, purview, property

noun

Similar: domain of definition · Opposite: range, codomain

Translations

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noun (mathematics) the set on which a function is defined

Españoldominio
한국어정의역 jeong'uiyeok
日本語定義域 teigiiki, 始域 shiiki
中文定義域 /定义域 dìngyìyù
Portuguêsdomínio
Françaisdomaine de définition, domaine
DeutschDefinitionsbereich, Definitionsmenge
Italianodominio
Ελληνικάπεδίο ορισμού pedío orismoú
Românădomeniu
Русскийо́бласть определе́ния óblastʹ opredelénija
Tiếng Việttập xác định, miền xác định
עבריתתְּחוּם tkhum, תְּחוּם הַגְדָּרָה tkhúm hagdará

noun collection of DNS domain names

Portuguêsdomínio
DeutschDomains, Domänen

noun geographic area owned or controlled by a single person or organization

Españoldominio
Portuguêsdomínio
Françaisdomaine
DeutschDomäne, Gebiet, Bezirk
Italianodominio
Ελληνικάεπικράτεια epikráteia
Românădomeniu
Русскийвладе́ние vladénije
Tiếng Việtđất đai, tài sản, dinh cơ
עבריתתְּחוּם tkhum

noun a field or sphere of activity, influence or expertise

Españolesfera, ámbito
中文領域 /领域 lǐngyù
Portuguêsdomínio, área, campo
Françaisdomaine
DeutschDomäne, Gebiet, Bereich
Italianocampo, settore
Românădomeniu
Русскийво́тчина vótčina, сфе́ра sféra, о́бласть óblastʹ
Tiếng Việtlãnh địa, lãnh thổ
עבריתתְּחוּם tkhum

noun group of related items

Portuguêsdomínio
DeutschGebiet, Bereich
Ελληνικάκλάδος kládos, τομέας toméas
Русскийо́бласть óblastʹ, ветвь vetvʹ

noun (mathematics) an open and connected set

한국어영역 yeong'yeok
日本語領域 ryōiki
中文區域 /区域 qūyù
עבריתתְּחוּם tkhum

noun DNS domain name

Españoldominio
한국어도메인 domein
日本語ドメイン domein
中文域名 yùmíng
Portuguêsdomínio
Françaisdomaine
DeutschDomain, Domäne
Italianodominio
Русскийдоме́н domén
Tiếng Việttên miền, không gian tên
العربيةمَجَال إِنْتَرْنَت majāl ʔintarnat

noun collection of information

DeutschDomain, Domäne, Wissensgebiet
Italianodominio

noun collection of computers

Portuguêsdomínio
DeutschDomain, Domäne
Italianodominio
Русскийдоме́н domén

noun (taxonomy) highest-level grouping of organisms

한국어역 yeok
日本語ドメイン domein
中文域 yù
Portuguêsdomínio
DeutschDomäne, Bereich
Ελληνικάεπικράτεια epikráteia
Русскийдоме́н domén
Tiếng Việtlãnh giới, vực
العربيةنِطَاق niṭāq

noun folded section of a protein

Españoldominio
Portuguêsdomínio
Françaisdomaine
DeutschDomäne
Italianodominio

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@misc{domain_2026,
  title = {domain},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/domain},
  urldate = {2026-11-05}
}