do⋅main
[doh-meyn]
| 1. | a field of action, thought, influence, etc.: the domain of science. |
| 2. | the territory governed by a single ruler or government; realm. |
| 3. | a realm or range of personal knowledge, responsibility, etc. |
| 4. | a region characterized by a specific feature, type of growth or wildlife, etc.: We entered the domain of the pine trees. |
| 5. | Law. land to which there is superior title and absolute ownership. |
| 6. | Mathematics.
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| 7. | Computers.
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| 8. | Physics. one of many regions of magnetic polarity within a ferromagnetic body, each consisting of a number of atoms having a common polarity, and collectively determining the magnetic properties of the body by their arrangement. |
| 9. | Crystallography. a connected region with uniform polarization in a twinned ferroelectric crystal. |
re⋅gion
[ree-juh
n]
| 1. | an extensive, continuous part of a surface, space, or body: a region of the earth. |
| 2. | Usually, regions. the vast or indefinite entirety of a space or area, or something compared to one: the regions of the firmament; the regions of the mind. |
| 3. | a part of the earth's surface (land or sea) of considerable and usually indefinite extent: a tropical region. |
| 4. | a district without respect to boundaries or extent: a charming region in Connecticut. |
| 5. | a part or division of the universe, as the heavens: a galactic region. |
| 6. | a large indefinite area or range of something specified; sphere: a region of authority. |
| 7. | an area of interest, activity, pursuit, etc.; field: studies in the region of logic. |
| 8. | an administrative division of a city or territory. |
| 9. | Zoogeography. a major faunal area of the earth's surface, sometimes one regarded as a division of a larger area. |
| 10. | Anatomy. a place in or a division of the body or a part of the body: the abdominal region. |
| 11. | Mathematics.
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1300–50; ME < AF regiun < L regiōn- (s. of regiō) direction, line, boundary, equiv. to reg(ere) to rule + -iōn- -ion

1. area, section, portion. 4. locale, site, tract, quarter.
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do·main (dō-mān') n.
[French domaine, blend of Old French demaine (from Late Latin dominicum) and Latin dominium, property, both from dominus, lord; see dem- in Indo-European roots.] |
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Domain
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.Cite This Source
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Main Entry: do·main
Pronunciation: dO-'mAn, d&-
Function: noun
1 : any of the three-dimensional subunits of a protein that together make upits tertiary structure, that are formed by folding its linear peptide chain, and that are variously considered to be the basic units of protein structure, function, and evolution
2 : the highest taxonomic category in biological classification ranking above the kingdom
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domain do·main (dō-mān')
n.
One of the homologous regions that make up an immunoglobulin's heavy and light chains and serve specific immunological functions.
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domain
1.
The Domain Name System maps hostnames to Internet address using a hierarchical namespace where each level in the hierarchy contributes one component to the FQDN. For example, the computer foldoc.doc.ic.ac.uk is in the doc.ic.ac.uk domain, which is in the ic.ac.uk domain, which is in the ac.uk domain, which is in the uk top-level domain.
A domain name can contain up to 67 characters including the dots that separate components. These can be letters, numbers and hyphens.
2. An administrative domain is something to do with routing.
3. Distributed Operating Multi Access Interactive Network.
4.
See domain theory.
5.
6. The subject or market in which a piece of software is designed to work.
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