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field - a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed; "he planted a field of wheat" |
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parcel of land,
piece of ground,
piece of land,
parcel,
tract the allotment of some amount by dividing something; "death gets more than its share of attention from theologians"
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curtilage,
grounds,
yard a tract of land cleared for some special purposes (recreation or burial etc.)
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campus a field on which the buildings of a university are situated
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firebreak,
fireguard a narrow field that has been cleared to check the spread of a prairie fire or forest fire
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grain field,
grainfield a field where grain is grown
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lawn a field of cultivated and mowed grass
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paddy field,
rice paddy,
paddy rice in the husk either gathered or still in the field
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field - the space around a radiating body within which its electromagnetic oscillations can exert force on another similar body not in contact with it |
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physical phenomenon a natural phenomenon involving the physical properties of matter and energy
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electric field a field of force surrounding a charged particle
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gravitational field a field of force surrounding a body of finite mass
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magnetic field,
magnetic flux,
flux the lines of force surrounding a permanent magnet or a moving charged particle
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radiation field a field that represents the energy lost from the radiator to space
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field - a region in which active military operations are in progress; "the army was in the field awaiting action"; "he served in the Vietnam theater for three years" |
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theater,
theatre |
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region a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about; "it was a limited realm of discourse"; "here we enter the region of opinion"; "the realm of the occult"
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theater of war,
theatre of war the entire land, sea, and air area that may become or is directly involved in war operations
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armed forces,
armed services,
military,
military machine,
war machine the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"
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combat area,
combat zone a military area where combat forces operate
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field - a geographic region (land or sea) under which something valuable is found; "the diamond fields of South Africa" |
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geographic area,
geographic region,
geographical area,
geographical region a demarcated area of the Earth
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coalfield a region where there is coal underground
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gasfield a region where there is natural gas underground
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oilfield a region rich in petroleum deposits (especially one with producing oil wells)
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field - the area that is visible (as through an optical instrument) |
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visual percept,
visual image a percept that arises from the eyes; an image in the visual system
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microscopic field the areas that is visible through a microscope
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operative field the area that is open during surgery
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field - (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; "the set of all rational numbers is a field" |
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set several exercises intended to be done in series; "he did four sets of the incline bench press"
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math,
mathematics,
maths a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement
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scalar field a field of scalars
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field - (computer science) a set of one or more adjacent characters comprising a unit of information |
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set several exercises intended to be done in series; "he did four sets of the incline bench press"
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computer science,
computing the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures
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bit field a field containing only binary characters
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field - all of the horses in a particular horse race |
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set several exercises intended to be done in series; "he did four sets of the incline bench press"
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horse racing the sport of racing horses
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field - a particular kind of commercial enterprise; "they are outstanding in their field" |
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business enterprise,
commercial enterprise,
business the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects; "computers are now widely used in business"
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field - all the competitors in a particular contest or sporting event |
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set several exercises intended to be done in series; "he did four sets of the incline bench press"
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field - somewhere (away from a studio or office or library or laboratory) where practical work is done or data is collected; "anthropologists do much of their work in the field" |
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region a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about; "it was a limited realm of discourse"; "here we enter the region of opinion"; "the realm of the occult"
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field - play as a fielder |
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play engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously; "They played games on their opponents"; "play the stock market"; "play with her feelings"; "toy with an idea"
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athletics,
sport participation in sports events as an extracurricular activity
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field - catch or pick up (balls) in baseball or cricket |
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palm,
handle touch, lift, or hold with the hands; "Don't handle the merchandise"
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field - select (a team or individual player) for a game; "The Buckeyes fielded a young new quarterback for the Rose Bowl" |
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select,
pick out,
choose,
take pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives; "Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her"
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field - answer adequately or successfully; "The lawyer fielded all questions from the press" |
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reply,
respond,
answer respond favorably or as hoped; "The cancer responded to the aggressive therapy"
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