English Explanatory Dictionary

domain

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A geographic area owned or controlled by a single person or organization.
  2. A field or sphere of activity, influence or expertise.
  3. A group of related items, topics, or subjects.
  4. The set of input (argument) values for which a function is defined.
  5. 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.
  6. A ring with no zero divisors; that is, in which no product of nonzero elements is zero.
  7. An open and connected set in some topology. For example, the interval (0,1) as a subset of the real numbers.
  8. Any DNS domain name, particularly one which has been delegated and has become representative of the delegated domain name and its subdomains.
  9. A collection of DNS or DNS-like domain names consisting of a delegated domain name and all its subdomains.
  10. 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.
  11. The collection of computers identified by a domain's domain names.
  12. A small region of a magnetic material with a consistent magnetization direction.

Pronunciation

/ˌdəʊˈmeɪ̯n/ /dəˈmeɪ̯n/ /ˌdoʊ̯ˈmeɪ̯n/ en-us-domain.ogg /ˌdəʉ̯ˈmæ̝ɪ̯n/ /dəˈmæ̝ɪ̯n/ /ɖoˈmeːn/

Word forms

domain domains

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dem- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *dṓmder. Proto-Italic *domanos Latin dominus Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium Latin dominiumder. Old French demainebor. Middle English demayne English domain 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.

Synonyms

domain of definition demesne domain name hostname dominium

Antonyms

range codomain

Related words

DNS dominate dominion domino

Derived words

antidomain Bézout domain bidomain biodomain chromodomain cross-domain cytodomain data domain Dedekind domain didomain domainal domained domainer domain hack domaining domain-joined domain kiting domainless domain logic domain name domain name server domain name service domain of convergence domain of discourse domainogram domainome domain-specific domain-specific language domain tasting domain theory domain wall domainwide ecodomain ectodomain eminent domain endodomain Euclidean domain exodomain ferroelectric domain flavodomain flexodomain frequency domain generic top-level domain glycodomain heterodomain homeodomain interdomain intradomain juxtadomain macrodomain megadomain microdomain mid-domain effect minidomain monodomain multidomain naked domain nanodomain Noetherian domain nondomain

Translations

Afrikaans: definisieversameling Bulgarian: интерва́л на съществу́ване Chinese Mandarin: 定義域 /定义域 Czech: definiční obor Danish: definitionsmængde Esperanto: fonta aro Estonian: määramispiirkond Finnish: määrittelyjoukko Finnish: määrittelyalue Finnish: verkkotunnus French: domaine de définition French: domaine German: Definitionsbereich German: Definitionsmenge German: Domains German: Domänen Greek: πεδίο ορισμού Hebrew: תְּחוּם Hebrew: תְּחוּם הַגְדָּרָה Hungarian: értelmezési tartomány Icelandic: formengi Icelandic: frámengi Icelandic: skilgreiningarmengi Icelandic: óðal Italian: dominio Japanese: 定義域 Japanese: 始域 Korean: 정의역 Norwegian: definisjonsområde Norwegian Bokmål: definisjonsmengde Norwegian Nynorsk: definisjonsmengd Norwegian Nynorsk: definisjonsmengde Occitan: domeni de definicion Occitan: domeni Iranian Persian: دامَنِه Polish: dziedzina Polish: domena Portuguese: domínio Romanian: domeniu Russian: о́бласть определе́ния Spanish: dominio Swedish: definitionsmängd Tagalog: saklaw Vietnamese: tập xác định Vietnamese: miền xác định Scottish Gaelic: àrainn-lìn
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