domain
1 of 1noun/doʊˈmeɪn/
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a territory or area under the control or authority of a ruler or government
- The castle stood at the heart of the king's domain.
- That island once formed part of the empire's vast domain.
- Local lords governed their own domains independently.
- The duke expanded his domain through conquest.
- The fortress marked the boundary of the ruler's domain.
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the last characters of a website's address such as '.com', '.org', etc.
C1- The website's domain is crucial for establishing its online identity and presence.
- He registered a new domain for his business website, choosing '.net' to reflect its networking services.
- The organization opted for a '.org' domain to signify its nonprofit status and commitment to social causes.
- Users can search for available domains using domain registration services to find the perfect match for their website.
- The domain name registrar offers various options for domain extensions, including country-specific ones like '.uk' or '.ca'.
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the highest rank in the biological classification system, above the kingdom, grouping organisms by molecular and structural traits
- Bacteria and Archaea are two of the three recognized domains of life.
- The domain Eukarya includes all organisms with complex cells.
- Scientists debated how viruses fit into biological domains.
- Molecular evidence helped redefine the three-domain system.
- Fungi and animals belong to the same domain, Eukarya.
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a particular area of activity, influence, or experience
- Politics was never her domain.
- Mathematics remains the domain of logical thinkers.
- The project falls within the domain of environmental science.
- In this domain, precision is everything.
- The courtroom was the lawyer's true domain.
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the scope or range of knowledge, interest, or expertise in a particular field
- Quantum mechanics lies outside my domain of study.
- The report covers several domains of social research.
- The problem belongs to the domain of computer science.
- Linguistics and psychology overlap in the domain of cognition.
- Ethics is an essential domain within philosophy.
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a group of people united by shared interests or characteristics
- The artistic domain welcomed the new movement with enthusiasm.
- The academic domain often resists rapid change.
- The business domain values practical results over theory.
- Within the scientific domain, collaboration is key.
- The literary domain still debates the value of modernism.
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the set of all possible input values for which a given function is defined
- To find the domain of a rational function, exclude any values that make the denominator zero.
- Understanding the domain of a function is crucial for graphing it accurately.
- The domain of a polynomial function is all real numbers.
- When defining a new function, it's important to specify its domain clearly.
- The teacher asked the students to identify the domain of each function on their homework.
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