domain
noun
[ də(ʊ)ˈmeɪn ]
• an area of territory owned or controlled by a particular ruler or government.
• "the French domains of the Plantagenets"
Similar:
realm,
kingdom,
empire,
dominion,
province,
estate,
territory,
land,
lands,
dominions,
state,
country,
preserve,
zone,
sphere,
area,
place,
turf,
spot,
patch,
stamping ground,
manor,
• a distinct subset of the internet with addresses sharing a common suffix or under the control of a particular organization or individual.
• a discrete region of magnetism in ferromagnetic material.
• the set of possible values of the independent variable or variables of a function.
• a distinct region of a complex molecule or structure.
Origin:
late Middle English (denoting heritable or landed property): from French domaine, alteration (by association with Latin dominus ‘lord’) of Old French demeine ‘belonging to a lord’ (see demesne).
