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domain noun. LME.
[French domaine alt. (by assoc. with Latin dominus lord, master) of Old French demaine, demeine DEMESNE.]
= DEMESNE noun 1. rare. LME-M17.
(A) heritable property; (an) estate or territory held in possession; lands, dominions. LME.
W. S. Churchill The Electoral Prince of Bavaria, heir to prodigious domains. A. J. Toynbee The traveller..is entering the former domain of the Inca Empire.
b. An area under rule or influence; the area of activity of a person, institution, etc. M18.
P. Norman Nanny Belmayne's domain begins at the top of the first flight of stairs.
c. A public park, a recreation-ground; the Domain, a park in Sydney popular for speech-making. Austral. & NZ. L19.
d. Physics. In a ferromagnetic material, a region in which all the atoms or ions are magnetically aligned in the same direction. E20.
A sphere of thought or operation; the situations where a particular science, law, etc., is applicable. M18.
J. Mackintosh Contracting..the domain of brutal force and of arbitrary will. G. B. Shaw An astronomer whose mental domain is the universe.
Math. A set with two binary operations defined by postulates stronger than those for a ring but weaker than those for a field. L19.
Math. The set of values that the independent variable of a function can take. E20.
Logic. The class of all terms bearing a given relation to a given term. E20.
B. Russell If paternity be the relation, fathers form its domain.
Computing. A subset of locations on the Internet or other network which share a common element of their IP address (indicating a geographical, commercial or other affiliation), or which are under the control of a particular organization or individual. L20.
Phrases: eminent domain Law superiority of the sovereign power over all property in a State, with constitutional right of expropriation in the public interest. in the public domain: see PUBLIC adjective.
Comb.: domain name Computing the part of a network address which identifies it as belonging to a particular domain; Domain orator Austral. a person who makes public speeches in the Domain.
domainal adjective M19.