Hypertext Webster Gateway: "domain"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
domain
n 1: 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" [syn: {sphere}, {area}, {orbit}, {field},
{arena}]
2: territory over which rule or control is exercised; "his
domain extended into Europe"; "he made it the law of the
land" [syn: {demesne}, {land}]
3: the set of values of the independent variable for which a
function is defined [ant: {range}]
4: people in general; especially a distinctive group of people
with some shared interest; "the Western world" [syn: {world}]
5: 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" [syn: {region}, {realm}]
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