What's the difference between domain and field?

Domain


Definition:

  • (n.) Dominion; empire; authority.
  • (n.) The territory over which dominion or authority is exerted; the possessions of a sovereign or commonwealth, or the like. Also used figuratively.
  • (n.) Landed property; estate; especially, the land about the mansion house of a lord, and in his immediate occupancy; demesne.
  • (n.) Ownership of land; an estate or patrimony which one has in his own right; absolute proprietorship; paramount or sovereign ownership.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A former Labour minister, Nicholas Brown, said the public were frightened they "were going to be spied on" and that "illegally obtained" information would find its way to the public domain.
  • (2) The monoclonal antibody (mAb), SY38, binds to a cytoplasmic domain of synaptophysin.
  • (3) Therefore, neither of these two regions of the Tat protein appear to be discrete activation domains.
  • (4) Mapping of the cross-link position between U2 and U6 RNAs is consistent with base-pairing between the 5' domain of U2 and the 3' end of U6 RNA.
  • (5) A domain containing a CA repeat, similar to ones found in other late, cAMP-induced Dictyostelium genes, is required for cAMP-induced and developmental expression.
  • (6) Blocking the heparin-binding domains of fibronectin inhibited osteoblast attachment by 40-45%, which is complementary to inhibition results previously obtained with the RGDS tetrapeptide.
  • (7) The specified region of the inner E2 core domain was highly homologous to the region of the E2 subunit of pyruvate dehydrogenase and alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase.
  • (8) The relevant phase diagram shows different macroheterogeneous phases and microstructured domains.
  • (9) We have examined the in vitro membrane assembly characteristics of a variety of leader peptidase mutants and found that domains required for insertion in vivo are also necessary for insertion in vitro.
  • (10) Combination of domain substitutions to generate the [Glu107,123]bFGF and [Arg19,Lys123,126]bFGF mutants did not show any additivity of the mutations on biological activity.
  • (11) Two lectins, wheat germ agglutinin (WGA) and peanut agglutinin (PNA), were used to compare domains within the interphotoreceptor matrices (IPM) of the cat and monkey, two species where the morphological relationship between the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) and photoreceptors is distinctly different.
  • (12) The peptides, which were synthesized using a FMOC solid phase procedure and purified by HPLC, consisted of residues 6-25 from the putative aqueous domain, residues 22-35, which overlaps the putative aqueous and transmembrane domains, and residues 1-38 and 1-40 representing nearly the full length of beta-AP.
  • (13) The region is distinctive in that the sequence is absent from the homologous domain of the erythroid alpha chain and diverges from the normal internal repeat structure observed throughout other spectrins.
  • (14) Synthetic DNA corresponding to the hydrophobic domain of cytochrome b5 was enzymatically fused in-frame to cloned DNA corresponding to the C-terminus of the Escherichia coli enzyme, beta-galactosidase.
  • (15) In this paper the domain of validity of the unlabelled and labelled minimal models of glucose disappearance is studied.
  • (16) In vivo labeling with 32Pi showed that plectin was the target for cAMP-independent protein kinases which phosphorylated 18-kDa domains at the end(s) of the molecule.
  • (17) In contrast, the enzymic domain of the colicin (T2) remained in the aqueous phase and was recovered in a highly active form as a consequence of its dissociation from the immunity protein.
  • (18) The most striking homology was to yeast SEC7 in the central domain of the gene (57% identical over 466 bp) and also the protein level (42% identical amino acids; 39% conserved amino acids).
  • (19) Its features are consistent with observed structural dimensions and the molecular periodicities related to transcription, replication and matrix attachment domains.
  • (20) The three major RNA domains, as defined by secondary structure, appear to exist as autonomous structural units in three dimensions, for the most part.

Field


Definition:

  • (n.) Cleared land; land suitable for tillage or pasture; cultivated ground; the open country.
  • (n.) A piece of land of considerable size; esp., a piece inclosed for tillage or pasture.
  • (n.) A place where a battle is fought; also, the battle itself.
  • (n.) An open space; an extent; an expanse.
  • (n.) Any blank space or ground on which figures are drawn or projected.
  • (n.) The space covered by an optical instrument at one view.
  • (n.) The whole surface of an escutcheon; also, so much of it is shown unconcealed by the different bearings upon it. See Illust. of Fess, where the field is represented as gules (red), while the fess is argent (silver).
  • (n.) An unresticted or favorable opportunity for action, operation, or achievement; province; room.
  • (n.) A collective term for all the competitors in any outdoor contest or trial, or for all except the favorites in the betting.
  • (n.) That part of the grounds reserved for the players which is outside of the diamond; -- called also outfield.
  • (v. i.) To take the field.
  • (v. i.) To stand out in the field, ready to catch, stop, or throw the ball.
  • (v. t.) To catch, stop, throw, etc. (the ball), as a fielder.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Neuropsychological testing is a relatively new field in the area of clinical neuroscience.
  • (2) Open field behaviors and isolation-induced aggression were reduced by anxiolytics, at doses which may be within the sedative-hypnotic range.
  • (3) 8.43am BST A little more from that Field interview on Today.
  • (4) Enhanced sensitivity to ITDs should translate to better-defined azimuthal receptive fields, and therefore may be a step toward achieving an optimal representation of azimuth within the auditory pathway.
  • (5) Cellular radial expansion was apparently unaffected by exposure to electric fields.
  • (6) The playing fields on which all those players began their journeys have been underfunded for years and are now facing a renewed crisis because of cuts to local authority budgets.
  • (7) Data is available to support the early influences of enamel organ epithelium upon a responding mesenchyme in the determination of dental morphogenetic fields (Dryburg, 1967; Miller, 1969).
  • (8) In a series of compounds with H2-antihistaminic activity, a conformational analysis was performed based on force field calculations.
  • (9) With fields and fells already saturated after more than four times the average monthly rainfall falling within the first three weeks of December, there was nowhere left to absorb the rainfall which has cascaded from fields into streams and rivers.
  • (10) Possibilities to achieve this both in the curative and the preventive field are restricted mainly due to the insufficient knowledge of their etiopathogenesis.
  • (11) Consequently, it is important to predict accurately dose for such fields to ensure adequate coverage of the target region and sparing of healthy tissues.
  • (12) Their receptive fields comprise a temporally and spatially linear mechanism (center plus antagonistic surround) that responds to relatively low spatial frequency stimuli, and a temporally nonlinear mechanism, coextensive with the linear mechanism, that--though broad in extent--responds best to high spatial-frequency stimuli.
  • (13) No biologic investigation of the hemostatic impairment could be performed under the emergency conditions of this field study.
  • (14) Hyperosmolar buffer slightly increased the sensitivity and maximal response to methacholine as well as the cholinergic twitch to electric field stimulation.
  • (15) At sufficiently high field intensities, the reaction may approach a value equal to that of the free enzyme system.
  • (16) Most of the infection was attributed to T. parva parva by application of field ticks to susceptible cattle.
  • (17) Components of locomotor activity were measured in an open field.
  • (18) The field of labeling formed a continuous band from rostro-laterally to caudo-medially.
  • (19) It has a poor prognosis prior to the current combined treatment of surgical ablation, radiation to the surgical field, and chemotherapy for microscopic metastases.
  • (20) These are particularly common in the field of sport.