field

{{wiktionary|field}}

Field may refer to:

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Expanses of open ground

Arts and media

Organizations

People

Places

Science, technology, and mathematics

=Biology=

=Computing=

=Geology=

  • Field (mineral deposit), a mineral deposit containing valuable resources in a cost-competitive concentration
  • Polje or karst field, a characteristic landform in karst topography

=Mathematics=

  • Field (mathematics), type of algebraic structure
  • Number field, specific type of the above algebraic structure
  • Scalar field, assignment of a scalar to each point in a mathematical space
  • Spinor field, assignment of a spinor to each point in a mathematical space
  • Tensor field, assignment of a tensor to each point in a mathematical space
  • Vector field, assignment of a vector to each point in a mathematical space
  • Field of sets, a mathematical structure of sets in an abstract space
  • Field of a binary relation, union of its domain and its range

=Optics=

  • Field of view, the area of a view imaged by a lens
  • Visual field, the part of the field of view which can be perceived by the eye's retina
  • Depth of field, the distance from before to beyond the subject that appears to be in focus (and likewise, field, in the context of depth, is the portion of a scene for which objects within its range are or would be in focus)

=Physics=

  • Field (physics), a mathematical construct for analysis of remote effects
  • Electric field, term in physics to describe the energy that surrounds electrically charged particles
  • Magnetic field, force produced by moving electric charges
  • Electromagnetic field, combination of an electric field and magnetic field
  • Gravitational field, a representation of the combined effects of remote masses on a test particle at each point

=Sociology=

  • Field (Bourdieu), a sociological term coined by Pierre Bourdieu to describe the system of objective relations constituted by various species of capital
  • Sexual field, the systems of objective relations within collective sexual life

=Other uses in science and technology=

Other uses

See also

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