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Domain

Domain Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Domain? [n] 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" [n] people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest; "the Western world" [n] territory over which rule or control is exercised; "his domain extended into Europe"; "he made it the law of the land" [n] the set of values of the independent variable for which a function is defined [n] a particular environment or walk of life; "his social sphere is limited"; "it was a closed area of employment"; "he's out of my orbit" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Domain: area \| arena \| demesne \| field \| land \| orbit \| realm \| region \| sphere \| world Related Terms \| Find terms related to Domain: academic discipline \| academic specialty \| acres \| ally \| ambit \| animal kingdom \| applied science \| archduchy \| archdukedom \| area \| arena \| art \| bailiwick \| beat \| body politic \| border \| borderland \| buffer state \| captive nation \| chain of being \| champaign \| chattels real \| chieftaincy \| chieftainry \| circle \| circuit \| city-state \| class structure \| colony \| commonweal \| commonwealth \| concern \| country \| county \| demesne \| department \| department of knowledge \| discipline \| dominion \| duchy \| dukedom \| earldom \| empery \| empire \| establishment \| field \| field of inquiry \| field of study \| free city \| grand duchy \| grounds \| hemisphere \| hierarchy \| honor \| judicial circuit \| jurisdiction \| kingdom \| land \| landed property \| lands \| lot \| lots \| mandant \| mandate \| mandated territory \| mandatee \| mandatory \| manor \| march \| messuage \| mineral kingdom \| nation \| nationality \| natural hierarchy \| natural science \| ology \| orb \| orbit \| pale \| parcel \| pecking order \| plat \| plot \| polis \| polity \| possession \| power \| power structure \| praedium \| precinct \| principality \| principate \| property \| protectorate \| province \| puppet government \| puppet regime \| pure science \| pyramid \| quadrat \| real estate \| real property \| realm \| realty \| republic \| round \| satellite \| science \| seneschalty \| settlement \| social science \| sovereign nation \| speciality \| specialization \| specialty \| sphere \| state \| study \| subdiscipline \| sultanate \| superpower \| technicology \| technics \| technology \| tenements \| terrain \| territory \| toft \| toparchia \| toparchy \| vegetable kingdom \| walk See Also \| academe \| academia \| archduchy \| barony \| class \| country \| distaff \| duchy \| dukedom \| earldom \| emirate \| empire \| environment \| fiefdom \| front \| grand duchy \| Grub Street \| kingdom \| kingdom \| Kingdom of God \| knowledge base \| knowledge domain \| land \| lap \| political arena \| political sphere \| preserve \| princedom \| principality \| province \| realm \| realm \| region \| responsibility \| set \| sheikdom \| sheikhdom \| social class \| socio-economic class \| state \| suzerainty \| viscounty Domain In Webster's Dictionary \Do*main"\, n. [F. domaine, OF. demaine, L. dominium, property, right of ownership, fr. dominus master, owner. See {Dame}, and cf {Demesne}, {Dungeon}.] 1. Dominion; empire; authority. 2. The territory over which dominion or authority is exerted; the possessions of a sovereign or commonwealth, or the like. Also used figuratively. The domain of authentic history. --E. Everett. The domain over which the poetic spirit ranges. --J. C. Shairp. 3. Landed property; estate; especially, the land about the mansion house of a lord, and in his immediate occupancy; demesne. --Shenstone. 4. (Law) Ownership of land; an estate or patrimony which one has in his own right; absolute proprietorship; paramount or sovereign ownership. {Public domain}, the territory belonging to a State or to the general government; public lands. [U.S.] {Right of eminent domain}, that superior dominion of the sovereign power over all the property within the state, including that previously granted by itself, which authorizes it to appropriate any part thereof to a necessary public use, reasonable compensation being made.

Domain Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Domain?

[n] 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"
[n] people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest; "the Western world"
[n] territory over which rule or control is exercised; "his domain extended into Europe"; "he made it the law of the land"
[n] the set of values of the independent variable for which a function is defined
[n] a particular environment or walk of life; "his social sphere is limited"; "it was a closed area of employment"; "he's out of my orbit"

Domain In Webster's Dictionary

\Do*main"\, n. [F. domaine, OF. demaine, L. dominium,
property, right of ownership, fr. dominus master, owner. See
{Dame}, and cf {Demesne}, {Dungeon}.]
1. Dominion; empire; authority.

2. The territory over which dominion or authority is exerted;
   the possessions of a sovereign or commonwealth, or the
   like. Also used figuratively.

         The domain of authentic history.      --E. Everett.

         The domain over which the poetic spirit ranges. --J.
                                               C. Shairp.

3. Landed property; estate; especially, the land about the
   mansion house of a lord, and in his immediate occupancy;
   demesne. --Shenstone.

4. (Law) Ownership of land; an estate or patrimony which one
   has in his own right; absolute proprietorship; paramount
   or sovereign ownership.

{Public domain}, the territory belonging to a State or to the
   general government; public lands. [U.S.]



{Right of eminent domain}, that superior dominion of the
   sovereign power over all the property within the state,
   including that previously granted by itself, which
   authorizes it to appropriate any part thereof to a
   necessary public use, reasonable compensation being made.

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