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DOMAIN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The content of a particular field of knowledge
Synonyms:
domain; knowledge base; knowledge domain
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("domain" is a kind of...):
cognitive content; content; mental object (the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "domain"):
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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
People in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest
Example:
the Western world
Synonyms:
domain; world
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("domain" is a kind of...):
class; social class; socio-economic class; stratum (people having the same social, economic, or educational status)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "domain"):
academe; academia (the academic world)
Grub Street (the world of literary hacks)
Sense 3
Meaning:
(mathematics) the set of values of the independent variable for which a function is defined
Synonyms:
domain; domain of a function
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("domain" is a kind of...):
set ((mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols)
Domain category:
math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Territory over which rule or control is exercised
Example:
he made it the law of the land
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("domain" is a kind of...):
region (a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "domain"):
suzerainty (the domain of a suzerain)
sheikdom; sheikhdom (the domain ruled by a sheik)
princedom; principality (territory ruled by a prince)
kingdom; realm (the domain ruled by a king or queen)
khanate (the realm of a khan)
viscounty (the domain controlled by a viscount or viscountess)
grand duchy (the domain controlled by a grand duke or grand duchess)
fiefdom (the domain controlled by a feudal lord)
empire; imperium (the domain ruled by an emperor or empress; the region over which imperial dominion is exercised)
emirate (the domain controlled by an emir)
earldom (the domain controlled by an earl or count or countess)
duchy; dukedom (the domain controlled by a duke or duchess)
barony (the domain of a baron)
archduchy (the domain controlled by an archduke or archduchess)
Holonyms ("domain" is a part of...):
country; land; state (the territory occupied by a nation)
Sense 5
Meaning:
A particular environment or walk of life
Example:
he's out of my orbit
Synonyms:
area; arena; domain; field; orbit; sphere
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("domain" is a kind of...):
environment (the totality of surrounding conditions)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "domain"):
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)
Context examples:
A finger-like projection of the plasma membrane found in epithelial cells that increases the surface area of the apical domain of the epithelium.
(Microvillus, NCI Thesaurus)
This protein is comprised of the N-terminal half of the histone-lysine N-methyltransferase MLL protein, including the AT hook DNA binding domain and the DNA methyltransferase domain, fused to almost the entire formin-binding protein 1.
(MLL/FNBP1 Fusion Protein, NCI Thesaurus)
This protein is comprised of the N-terminal half of the histone-lysine N-methyltransferase MLL protein, including the AT hook DNA binding domain and the DNA methyltransferase domain, fused to almost the entire protein ENL.
(MLL/MLLT1 Fusion Protein, NCI Thesaurus)
The youth had now journeyed considerably beyond the furthest domains of the Abbey.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
A subject domain utilized for the submission of information encompassing and representing data, vocabulary or records related to microscopic findings.
(Microscopic Findings Domain, NCI Thesaurus)
A subject domain utilized for the submission of information encompassing and representing data, vocabulary or records related to microbiology susceptibility tests.
(Microbiology Susceptibility Domain, NCI Thesaurus)
An N-terminal ATP-binding site (P-loop) of Guanylate Kinase is not conserved in the MAGUK GK-like domain; MAGUKs do retain residues known in GK to bind GMP.
(Membrane-Associated Guanylate Kinase Family Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
Merbarone interferes with DNA replication via binding directly to topoisomerase II at a domain that maybe shared by other topoisomerase II cleavage-enhancing agents, ex., etoposide.
(Merbarone, NCI Thesaurus)
Methyl-CpG-binding domain protein 3 (291 aa, ~33 kDa) is encoded by the human MBD3 gene.
(Methyl-CpG-Binding Domain Protein 3, NCI Thesaurus)
A subject domain utilized for the submission of information encompassing and representing data, vocabulary or records related to microbiology specimen.
(Microbiology Specimen Domain, NCI Thesaurus)
