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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
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A geographic area owned or controlled by a single person or organization.
The king ruled his domain harshly.
Similar: demesne
- A field or sphere of activity, influence or expertise. Dealing with complaints isn't really my domain: get in touch with customer services.
- 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
- The set of input (argument) values for which a function is defined.
- 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.
- A ring with no zero divisors; that is, in which no product of nonzero elements is zero.
- An open and connected set in some topology. For example, the interval (0,1) as a subset of the real numbers.
- 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.
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A collection of DNS or DNS-like domain names consisting of a delegated domain name and all its subdomains.
Similar: domain name, hostname
- 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.
- The collection of computers identified by a domain's domain names.
- A small region of a magnetic material with a consistent magnetization direction.
- Such a region used as a data storage element in a bubble memory.
- 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.
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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
- A folded section of a protein molecule that has a discrete function; the equivalent section of a chromosome.
- 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
Every language
noun (mathematics) the set on which a function is defined
| Español | dominio |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 정의역 jeong'uiyeok |
| 日本語 | 定義域 teigiiki, 始域 shiiki |
| 中文 | 定義域 /定义域 dìngyìyù |
| Português | domínio |
| Français | domaine de définition, domaine |
| Deutsch | Definitionsbereich, Definitionsmenge |
| Italiano | dominio |
| Ελληνικά | πεδίο ορισμού pedío orismoú |
| Română | domeniu |
| Русский | о́бласть определе́ния óblastʹ opredelénija |
| Tiếng Việt | tập xác định, miền xác định |
| עברית | תְּחוּם tkhum, תְּחוּם הַגְדָּרָה tkhúm hagdará |
noun geographic area owned or controlled by a single person or organization
| Español | dominio |
|---|---|
| Português | domínio |
| Français | domaine |
| Deutsch | Domäne, Gebiet, Bezirk |
| Italiano | dominio |
| Ελληνικά | επικράτεια epikráteia |
| Română | domeniu |
| Русский | владе́ние vladénije |
| Tiếng Việt | đất đai, tài sản, dinh cơ |
| עברית | תְּחוּם tkhum |
noun a field or sphere of activity, influence or expertise
| Español | esfera, ámbito |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 領域 /领域 lǐngyù |
| Português | domínio, área, campo |
| Français | domaine |
| Deutsch | Domäne, Gebiet, Bereich |
| Italiano | campo, settore |
| Română | domeniu |
| Русский | во́тчина vótčina, сфе́ра sféra, о́бласть óblastʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | lãnh địa, lãnh thổ |
| עברית | תְּחוּם tkhum |
noun group of related items
| Português | domínio |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Gebiet, Bereich |
| Ελληνικά | κλάδος kládos, τομέας toméas |
| Русский | о́бласть óblastʹ, ветвь vetvʹ |
noun (mathematics) an open and connected set
| 한국어 | 영역 yeong'yeok |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 領域 ryōiki |
| 中文 | 區域 /区域 qūyù |
| עברית | תְּחוּם tkhum |
noun DNS domain name
| Español | dominio |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 도메인 domein |
| 日本語 | ドメイン domein |
| 中文 | 域名 yùmíng |
| Português | domínio |
| Français | domaine |
| Deutsch | Domain, Domäne |
| Italiano | dominio |
| Русский | доме́н domén |
| Tiếng Việt | tên miền, không gian tên |
| العربية | مَجَال إِنْتَرْنَت majāl ʔintarnat |
noun collection of information
| Deutsch | Domain, Domäne, Wissensgebiet |
|---|---|
| Italiano | dominio |
noun collection of computers
| Português | domínio |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Domain, Domäne |
| Italiano | dominio |
| Русский | доме́н domén |
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