domain

1. 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 conditions
   subtypes:

   • 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
   same as: area, arena, field, orbit, sphere
2. 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 Earth
   subtypes:

   • 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
   is a part of: country, land, state - the territory occupied by a nation
   same as: demesne, land
3. (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 arrangement
   is a type of: set - (mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols
   same as: domain of a function
4. 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 status
   subtypes:

   • academe, academia - the academic world
   • grub street - the world of literary hacks
   same as: world
5. 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 learned
   subtypes:

   • 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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