Definitions
of field
1. [n] - the space around a radiating body within which its electromagnetic oscillations can exert force on another similar body not in contact with it 2. [n] - a geographic region (land or sea) under which something valuable is found 3. [n] - a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed 4. [n] - somewhere (away from a studio or office or library or laboratory) where practical work is done or data is collected 5. [n] - a region in which military operations are in progress 6. [n] - (computer science) a set of one or more adjacent characters comprising a unit of information 7. [n] - (mathematics) a set of elements such that addition and multiplication are commutative and associative and multiplication is distributive over addition and there are two elements 0 and 1 8. [n] - (horse racing) all of the horses in a particular race 9. [n] - all the competitors in a particular contest or sporting event 10. [n] - the area that is visible (as through an optical instrument) 11. [n] - a particular kind of commercial enterprise 12. [v] - catch or pick up (balls) in baseball or cricket 13. [v] - play as a fielder, in baseball or cricket 14. [v] - answer adequately or successfully
Quotes
- Example use of the word field1. they are outstanding in their field 2. the set of all rational numbers is a field 3. the army was in the field awaiting action 4. anthropologists do much of their work in the field 5. he planted a field of wheat 6. the diamond fields of South Africa 7. The lawyer fielded all questions from the press
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