subfield
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- noun
- /ˈsʌbˌfiːld/
- Specialized
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subcampo
- Another challenge CUB's catalogers encounter with the vendor-supplied records is incorrect subfield coding of ISBNs in the MARC 020, International Standard Book Number, field.
- MARC subfield
- subfield 020
- Reticle subfield
Examples
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El-Sherbini also identified corrections that might affect access, including indicators, subfields and delimiters, tags, spelling errors, and forms of subject headings.
Academic text (2013) -
the US budget for that subfield fell in half in just four years.
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Accordingly, the shaped beam must be slightly larger than the patterned subfield area.
Academic text (2001) -
Further, we believe that the parameter "celestial hemisphere" should have its own field or subfield, and that this parameter can currently be reflected by the existing cataloguing rules.
Academic text (2015) -
The researchers collected data for each subfield to analyze trends in the overall study.
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The librarian explained how to input information into the correct subfield of the database for easier retrieval.
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In the dataset, each subfield contains important details about the experimental subjects.
How Specific
Surface Forms
Morphology
subfield = field (transparent) = sub + field
The meaning is directly predictable as a smaller or subordinate field within a larger data structure.
Etymology
Subfield comes from the prefix sub- meaning 'under' or 'below' and the word field meaning 'area' or 'space'. A helpful image is a small box inside a big form: a subfield is a smaller part of a larger record that holds one piece of information.