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integral domain

noun

Definition of integral domain

: a mathematical ring in which multiplication is commutative, which has a multiplicative identity element, and which contains no pair of nonzero elements whose product is zero the integers under the operations of addition and multiplication form an integral domain

First Known Use of integral domain

1937, in the meaning defined above

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