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Topic: field
Definition:

  • a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed
  • "he planted a field of wheat" a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought
  • "they made a tour of Civil War battlefields" 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" a branch of knowledge
  • "in what discipline is his doctorate?"
  • "teachers should be well trained in their subject"
  • "anthropology is the study of human beings" the space around a radiating body within which its electromagnetic oscillations can exert force on another similar body not in contact with it a particular kind of commercial enterprise
  • "they are outstanding in their field" a particular environment or walk of life
  • "his social sphere is limited"
  • "it was a closed area of employment"
  • "he's out of my orbit" a piece of land prepared for playing a game
  • "the home crowd cheered when Princeton took the field" extensive tract of level open land
  • "they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain"
  • "he longed for the fields of his youth" (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" 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" all of the horses in a particular horse race all the competitors in a particular contest or sporting event a geographic region (land or sea) under which something valuable is found
  • "the diamond fields of South Africa" (computer science) a set of one or more adjacent characters comprising a unit of information the area that is visible (as through an optical instrument) a place where planes take off and land catch or pick up (balls) in baseball or cricket play as a fielder answer adequately or successfully
  • "The lawyer fielded all questions from the press" select (a team or individual player) for a game
  • "The Buckeyes fielded a young new quarterback for the Rose Bowl"

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  • sport
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    • Resources:

    The Field Museum
    An internationally acclaimed museum and center for education and research in the natural sciences. Founded in 1893, its collection has grown to more than 20 million specimens. Noted strengths include evolutionary biology, paleontology, archaeology and ethnography.
    http://www.fmnh.org/

    Field and Stream Online
    Hunting and fishing information from the publishers of the popular print magazine.
    http://www.fieldandstream.com

    USA Track and Field
    The national organization governing track and field, running and race walking. Includes calendars, events, news, athlete biographies, Hall of Fame, records and lists, merchandise, associations, youth, masters, coaches and officials.
    http://www.usatf.org/

    Track and Field News
    Professional publication offering news and lists of the best marks made in elite competitions.
    http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/