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domain
A	noun
	1	domain, region, realm
				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"
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚cognition; knowledge; noesis ╚content; cognitive content; mental object ╚knowledge domain; knowledge base ╚domain, region, realm
	2	world, domain
				people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest; "the Western world"
		Category Tree: group; grouping ╚people ╚class; social class; socio-economic class ╚world, domain ╚Grub Street ╚academia; academe
	3	domain, demesne, land
				territory over which rule or control is exercised; "his domain extended into Europe"; "he made it the law of the land"
		Category Tree: entity ╚location ╚region ╚domain, demesne, land ╚principality; princedom ╚kingdom; realm ╚khnate ╚viscounty ╚grand duchy ╚fiefdom ╚empire ╚emirate ╚earldom ╚duchy; dukedom ╚barony ╚archduchy
	4	domain
				the set of values of the independent variable for which a function is defined
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚set ╚domain
	5	sphere, domain, area, orbit, field, arena
				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"
		Category Tree: state ╚situation; state of affairs ╚environment ╚sphere, domain, area, orbit, field, arena ╚province; responsibility ╚preserve ╚political arena; political sphere ╚lap ╚kingdom; land; realm ╚front ╚distaff

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