1 ACTIVITY/KNOWLEDGE an area of activity, interest, or knowledge: This problem lies outside the domain of medical science.
2 sb/sth's domain an area of activity controlled by someone: Mortgages were until recently the domain of building societies.
3 the part of an Internet address that shows a particular organization or website
4 LAND an area of land owned and controlled by one person or government: feudal domains
5 in the public domain if information is in the public domain, it is not kept secret: Details of the arms deals must be brought into the public domain.
6 QUANTITIES technical the set of possible quantities by which something can vary