domain

[dəˈmeɪn]

land governed by a ruler or government

land owned by one person or family

a field or scope of knowledge or activity

a region having specific characteristics or containing certain types of plants or animals

a park or recreation reserve maintained by a public authority, often the government

the absolute ownership and right to dispose of landSee demesne See eminent domain

the set of values of the independent variable of a function for which the functional value exists.See range .any open set containing at least one point

another term for universe of discourse

domain of quantification

range of significance (esp in the phrase domain of definition)

Also called: magnetic domain one of the regions in a ferromagnetic solid in which all the atoms have their magnetic moments aligned in the same direction

a group of computers, functioning and administered as a unit, that are identified by sharing the same domain name on the internet

Also called: superkingdom the highest level of classification of living organisms. Three domains are recognized: Archaea (see archaean), Bacteria (see bacteria), and Eukarya (see eukaryote)

a structurally compact portion of a protein molecule