field
- noun
- /fiːld/
- Specialized
- I designed these suits to create a field of laser-bending thermal distortion.
- magnetic field
- gravitational field
- electric field
And one thing that quantum fields do is fluctuate.
- And one thing that quantum fields do is fluctuate.
- OK, now how do fields, how do fields give particles mass?
- We're not really quite sure what a string field would be.
- This makes Z be a finite field because it allows division.
- Well, now it feels the gravity field of that planet.
- And that's a huge stone you drop in the quantum field, big splash, big waves.
- When these bubbles nucleate, they nucleate with values of these fields inside them.
- As before, we can open up this special field in a browser.
- So light fields and reflectance fields are kind of duals of each other.
- The, the, the Higgs field is, is the air in the room.
- And what if you this Wi-Fi field, it's information in waveform.
Examples
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OK, so we were looking at vector fields and last time.
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Put a force field around the plane.
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The event table includes the foreign key field for each of the points on the star.
Academic text (1999) -
You know what a magnetic field is, right?
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The new science education framework raises interesting issues for the field of K-12 technology and engineering education.
Academic text (2012) -
It's a magnetic field.
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Plasma particles can be contained within a magnetic field in a process known as magnetic confinement.
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In physics, the gravitational field affects how objects attract each other.
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The researchers measured the magnetic field surrounding the wire.
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Understanding the concept of a field is essential in higher mathematics for dealing with vectors.
Synonyms
An area around a magnet or electric current where a magnet's force moves objects
An area around an object where it pushes or pulls other objects
The space around a planet or other object that pulls things toward it
An area around a charged object that pushes or pulls other small charged things
The area around a source where energy like light spreads out
A single number at every point in space, like temperature
An area around something where its push or pull affects other things
Antonyms
Idioms
Make the situation different so some people have a better chance to win
Compounds
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An area around a magnet or electric current where a magnet's force moves objects
The part of the outfield on the left side in baseball and the player who plays there
- US
An area of grass or artificial grass marked for playing soccer with goalposts
A team sport played on grass where players use curved sticks to hit a small hard ball into a goal
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A temporary hospital near a disaster or battlefield that treats injured people
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The space around a planet or other object that pulls things toward it
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The area you can see at one time, for example through a camera or telescope
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An area around a charged object that pushes or pulls other small charged things
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A measure of how strong an electric or magnetic field is at a place
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The part of the baseball outfield behind second base between left and right field
An area of land people prepare and keep for playing sports like soccer or track
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A wire wrapped around a magnet that makes a magnetic field in motors and generators
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An idea in physics that explains forces and particles as things spread through space and time, like gravity or electricity
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Large mobile guns that armies use to fire at enemy positions to help front-line troops
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A person in the army with the rank of major, lieutenant colonel, or colonel
A competition on the field where athletes jump or throw, like long jump and shot put
- Jargon
A player who leads and directs the team's play on the field, often the quarterback
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An imaginary line that shows the direction of the force around magnets or electric charges
Part of business that helps companies tell people about and sell products or services
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A microscope that makes tiny particles too small for an ordinary microscope appear bright on a dark background
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An area around electric charges that pushes or pulls other charges
A situation where everyone has an equal chance and no one has unfair advantages
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A large movable weapon soldiers use on the battlefield to fire at enemy troops
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Electrons leave a material's surface when a strong electric field pulls them into empty space
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How strong and which way an electric or magnetic field is at a point
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An area where soldiers fight and do military work during a war
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Field originally meant 'open area', and that idea of a space grew into technical uses: in physics, math, or computing a field is a space or area where forces act or where data belongs.