domain
Noun
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A particular environment or walk of life (synset 114537641)
"his social sphere is limited"; "it was a closed area of employment"; "he's out of my orbit"is a type of: environment - the totality of surrounding conditionssubtypes:
- distaff - the sphere of work by women
- front - a sphere of activity involving effort
- kingdom, land, realm - a domain in which something is dominant
- lap - an area of control or responsibility
- political arena, political sphere - a sphere of intense political activity
- preserve - a domain that seems to be specially reserved for someone
- province, responsibility - the proper sphere or extent of your activities
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Territory over which rule or control is exercised (synset 108574028)
"his domain extended into Europe"; "he made it the law of the land"is a type of: region - a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earthsubtypes:
- archduchy - the domain controlled by an archduke or archduchess
- barony - the domain of a baron
- duchy, dukedom - the domain controlled by a duke or duchess
- earldom - the domain controlled by an earl or count or countess
- emirate - the domain controlled by an emir
- empire, imperium - the domain ruled by an emperor or empress; the region over which imperial dominion is exercised
- fiefdom - the domain controlled by a feudal lord
- grand duchy - the domain controlled by a grand duke or grand duchess
- viscounty - the domain controlled by a viscount or viscountess
- khanate - the realm of a khan
- kingdom, realm - the domain ruled by a king or queen
- princedom, principality - territory ruled by a prince
- sheikdom, sheikhdom - the domain ruled by a sheik
- suzerainty - the domain of a suzerain
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(mathematics) the set of values of the independent variable for which a function is defined (synset 108016560)
referred to in: math, mathematics, maths - a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangementis a type of: set - (mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbolssame as: domain of a function
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People in general;
Especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest (synset 107982551)"the Western world"is a type of: class, social class, socio-economic class, stratum - people having the same social, economic, or educational statussubtypes:- academe, academia - the academic world
- grub street - the world of literary hacks
same as: world -
The content of a particular field of knowledge (synset 106008444)
is a type of: cognitive content, content, mental object - the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learnedsubtypes:
- bailiwick, discipline, field, field of study, study, subject, subject area, subject field - a branch of knowledge
- realm, region - a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about
- scientific knowledge - knowledge accumulated by systematic study and organized by general principles
same as: knowledge base, knowledge domain
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