domain
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
domain /də(ʊ)ˈmeɪn/
▶noun
- 1 an area owned or controlled by a ruler or government.
■ a sphere of activity or knowledge.
- 2 Computing a distinct subset of the Internet with addresses sharing a common suffix.
- 3 Mathematics the possible values of the independent variable or variables of a function.
- 4 Physics a discrete region of magnetism in ferromagnetic material.
- 5 Biochemistry a distinct region of a complex molecule or structure.
– derivatives
domanial /dəˈmeɪnɪəl/ adjective.
domanial /dəˈmeɪnɪəl/ adjective.
– origin ME: from Fr. domaine, alt. (by assoc. with L. dominus ‘lord’) of OFr. demeine (see demesne).
'domain' also found in these Oxford entries:
colonize
- Count Palatine
- demesne
- DNS
- -dom
- domaine
- domain name
- Earl Palatine
- eminent domain
- eruv
- invasion
- PD
- princeling
- seigniory
- @

