domain of a function

1. 1.

   (mathematics) the set of values of the independent variable for which a function is defined

   Synonymsdomain

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Questions about domain of a function

What does domain of a function mean?

domain of a function means "(mathematics) the set of values of the independent variable for which a function is defined".

What is another word for domain of a function?

Close synonyms include domain. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is domain of a function a common word?

domain of a function is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.