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Domains of attraction of probability laws

A domain of attraction of probability laws is the set of distributions whose normalized sums of independent copies converge to a stable law, typically the normal or an α-stable limit.

Domanivka Raion

Domanivka Raion (Доманівський район) was a raion (district) of Mykolaiv Oblast in southern Ukraine, with its center in the settlement of Domanivka, abolished in July 2020.

Domantas Sabonis

Domantas Sabonis, Lithuanian NBA forward-center for the Sacramento Kings, three-time All-Star, son of Arvydas Sabonis; 58 career triple-doubles, 2023-24 19-13-8 season, left knee meniscus surgery ended 2025-26.

Dombai-Ulgen

Dombai-Ulgen (Домбай-Ульген; დომბაი ულგენი), 4,046 m Caucasus peak on the Russia–Abkhazia/Georgia border; highest point of Abkhazia and the Western Caucasus, first climbed 1914.

Dombarovskiy

Dombarovskiy, also written Dombarovsky and known as the Yasny launch site, is a Russian strategic missile base and space launch site in Orenburg Oblast, near the Kazakhstan border.

Dombes

Dombes (La Dombes), a plateau in the Ain department of eastern France near Lyon, famous for about 1,000 fish ponds and formerly an independent principality with capital Trévoux, united to France in 1762.

Dombey and Son

Dombey and Son, full title Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son, is Charles Dickens's seventh novel, serialized in 20 parts in 19 monthly numbers by Bradbury & Evans from 30 September 1846, completed 23-24 March 1848, one-volume edition 12 April 1848, illustrated by H. K. Browne.

Dombivali

Dombivali (डोंबिवली), also Dombivli, a city in Kalyan tehsil, Thane district, Maharashtra, about 50 km from Mumbai; part of Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation with a large MIDC industrial area and a busy 1887 suburban railway station.

Domburg

Domburg, Zeeland seaside resort on Walcheren, site of a Roman sanctuary of the goddess Nehalennia found in 1647 and of the early medieval emporium Walichrum.

Dome

A dome is a rounded roof or vault shaped like the upper half of a sphere, whose curved shell carries its weight to the ground without internal supports.

Dome A (domo a)

Dome A (Dome Argus) is the highest point of the Antarctic ice sheet, 4,093 m, in East Antarctica, over the Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains. Site of China's Kunlun Station (2009), automated weather stations, ice coring, and leading astronomical observation.

Dome C

Dome C, also called Dome Concordia, is an East Antarctic ice dome hosting Concordia Station, best known as the EPICA deep ice core drilling site.

Dome car

A dome car is a railroad passenger car with a raised, glass-enclosed observation compartment in the roof, offering panoramic views; the type originated in the United States in the mid-1940s.

Dome F

Dome F (Dome Fuji, ドームふじ) is the second-highest summit of the Antarctic ice sheet, 3,810 m, in East Dronning Maud Land, site of Japan's Dome Fuji Station and deep ice cores to 3,035 m.

Dome Fuji Station

Dome Fuji Station (ドームふじ基地), Japanese inland Antarctic station at 77°19'S, 39°42'E, 3,810 m in Dronning Maud Land; established 1995 for deep ice-core drilling, producing cores to 720,000 years; year-round operations suspended.

Dome of the mihrab of the Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba

The dome of the mihrab of the Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba is a gilded tenth-century vault over the prayer niche, built under Caliph al-Hakam II with Byzantine mosaics.

Dome of the Rock (قبة الصخرة)

The Dome of the Rock (قبة الصخرة) is an Islamic shrine in Jerusalem, begun in 691–692 by the Umayyad caliph Abd al-Malik over a sacred rock on the Temple Mount.

Dome of the Rock founding inscription

The Dome of the Rock founding inscription (كتابة قبة الصخرة) is a gilded Kufic mosaic text in Jerusalem, dated AH 72 under Caliph Abd al-Malik.

Dome of the Rock mosaics

The Dome of the Rock mosaics are the gold-ground glass-tesserae mosaics of the Umayyad shrine in Jerusalem, completed in 691–692 under the caliph Abd al-Malik; the interior preserves the original scheme.

Dome Pakorn Lam

Dome Pakorn Lam, also known as Pakorn Lam (โดม ปกรณ์ ลัม), is a Thai pop singer and actor who became a teen idol with his 1996 RS Promotion debut album.

Döme Sztójay

Döme Sztójay (Sztójay Döme), Hungarian ambassador to Berlin and pro-German prime minister March 22–August 29, 1944, whose government enacted the anti-Jewish decrees during which about 437,000 Jews were deported to Auschwitz; tried postwar by the People's Courts.

Dome9 Security

Dome9 Security was an Israeli cloud cybersecurity startup founded in 2011 in Tel Aviv by Zohar Alon and Roy Feintuch, acquired by Check Point in 2018.

Domee Shi (石之予)

Domee Shi (石之予), born 1989 in Chongqing, is a Chinese-Canadian Pixar director; first woman to direct a Pixar short (Bao, 2018 Oscar) and a Pixar feature (Turning Red, 2022), later co-directing Elio (2025).

Domen Prevc

Domen Prevc (born 1999, Kranj) is a Slovenian ski jumper, world record holder at 254.5 m (Planica 2025), 2026 double Olympic champion, 2025 world champion, and 2025/26 overall World Cup and Four Hills winner from the Prevc jumping family.

Domenic Forte

Domenic Forte is an American electrical engineer and professor at the University of Florida whose research covers hardware security, counterfeit integrated circuits, hardware Trojans, and supply-chain integrity.

Doménica Montero (2025 TV series)

Doménica Montero (2025) is a Mexican TelevisaUnivision telenovela starring Angelique Boyer and Marcus Ornellas, a reworking of Inés Rodena's radionovela La Dueña sharing its title with the 1978 version; it premiered on Univision December 8, 2025, set in Puebla.

Domenichino

Domenichino, born Domenico Zampieri (1581–1641), was an Italian Baroque classicist painter of the Bolognese school, known for his Saint Cecilia frescoes in Rome and his cathedral work in Naples.

Domenico Accili

Domenico Accili is an Italian-born physician-scientist in endocrinology at Columbia University, known for identifying FOXO transcription factors in insulin action and showing that beta cell failure in diabetes proceeds by dedifferentiation.

Domenico Antonio Cardone

Domenico Antonio Cardone (1902–1986) was an Italian philosopher, poet, and lawyer from Palmi, Calabria, who founded the Società Filosofica Calabrese and developed a philosophy of vital becoming.

Domenico Berardi

Domenico Berardi, born 1994, Italian left-footed forward and Sassuolo captain, club's all-time top scorer with 148 goals in 400 games, UEFA Euro 2020 winner with Italy, contract to 2029.