Definitions for domain

Overview of noun domain

The noun domain has 5 senses? (first 2 from tagged texts)

1. (4) sphere, domain, area, orbit, field, arena

(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")

2. (2) domain, demesne, land

(territory over which rule or control is exercised; "his domain extended into Europe"; "he made it the law of the land")

3. domain, domain of a function

((mathematics) the set of values of the independent variable for which a function is defined)

4. world, domain

(people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest; "the Western world")

5. knowledge domain, knowledge base, domain

(the content of a particular field of knowledge)