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subdomains

subdomains is the plural of subdomain.

Meaning of subdomain

Noun

subdomain (plural subdomains)

  1. A domain or sphere that is part of a larger domain or sphere.
    • As a technical subdomain of biology ecological investigations have evolved from what has been traditionally called natural history.1971, Jacob Robert Kantor, The logic of modern science
  2. (Internet) A domain name that has been prefaced with additional parts separated with periods.
    • A domain is a subdomain of another domain if it is contained within that domain. This relationship can be tested by seeing if the subdomain's name ends with the containing domain's name. For example, A.B.C.D is a subdomain of B.C.D, C.D, D, and " ".1987 November, P. Mockapetris, Domain Concepts and Facilities, RFC1034, also known as STD0013
  3. (Internet) An additional part prefaced to a domain name.
    • In en.wiktionary.org, en is a subdomain.

Questions about subdomains

What is subdomains the plural of?
Subdomains is the plural of subdomain.

Words near subdomains in the dictionary

  1. subdocuments
  2. subdolichocephalic
  3. subdolous
  4. subdolously
  5. subdomain
  6. subdomains
  7. subdominance
  8. subdominant
  9. subdominantly
  10. subdominants
  11. subdominion

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Adapted from Wiktionary: subdomains (page history and authors); subdomain (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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