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Field


Field or '''fields''' may refer to:
- Field (agriculture), an area of land used to cultivate crops, or to keep livestock
- Field of study, a branch of knowledge
- Playing field, in sports, the area in which the sport is played
- Field of view, the area of a view imaged by a lens
- Field of use, the subject matter of a patent license limited to some but not all uses of the invention
- Visual field, the part of the field of view which can be perceived by the eye's retina
- Depth of field, in photography, the distance in front of and beyond the subject that appears to be in focus

Science and mathematics


- Electric field, the effect of electric charged objects on surrounding space.
- Field (mathematics), an algebraic system with well-behaved addition, multiplication, and division
- Scalar field, a mapping of scalar values to points in a space
- Vector field, a mapping of vector values to points in a space
- Tensor field, a mapping of tensor values to points in a space
- Field (physics), the presence of a quantity at every point of space
- Field (geography), with a definition similar to that of physics but in a different context and using unique models and methods
- Field (computer science), a smaller piece of data from a larger collection (e.g., database fields)
- Field of sets, a mathematical structure of sets in an abstract space
- Field winding or field magnet, the stator of an electric motor

Sociology and politics


- Field (Bourdieu), a sociological term coined by Pierre Bourdieu to describe the system of objective relations constituted by various species of capital
- Field Department, the division of a political campaign tasked with organizing local volunteers and directly contacting voters: see Political campaign staff#Field/Ground Department|Political campaign staff, Field/Ground Department
- Sexual field, a term that describes systems of objective relations within collective sexual life.

Other technical uses


- Field (video), one half of a frame in an interlaced display
- Field (heraldry), the background of a shield
- Field, in flag terminology, the background of a flag

Persons

Field


- Cyrus West Field (American businessman and financier), responsible for the first Transatlantic Cable
- David Dudley Field II (America lawyer), constructed the foundation for the codification of present day common law
- Hartry Field, (b. 1946), a philosopher working at New York University
- John Field (composer), an Irish classical music composer
- Joshua Field (engineer), British civil engineer
- Marshall Field, Founder of Marshall Field and Company
- Marshall Field III, Founder of the ''Chicago Sun''
- Marshall Field IV, Owner of the ''Chicago Sun-Times''
- Noel Field, Central character of several show trials in Eastern Europe during the 50's
- Sally Field, American actress
- Todd Field, American film director
- The Field (musician), Axel Willner, a Swedish electronic musician

Fields


- John Charles Fields, a Canadian and founder of the Fields Medal
- Totie Fields, an American comedian
- W.C. Fields, an American comedian
- John Fields (Producer), an American music producer/songwriter

Place names


- Field, British Columbia, Canada
- Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
- Field Island, Nunavut, Canada
- Fields, Indiana, United States
- Fields, Oregon, United States

Objects


- Field (sculpture), a sculpture by Anthony Gormley
- Murray Field Airport

Brand names


- Fields (department store), a chain of discount department stores operating in the Canadian provinces of Alberta and British Columbia
- Field's, a shopping centre in Denmark
- Field and Stream, a US magazine featuring hunting, fishing, and other outdoor activities
- Field Records, a record label
- Fields (band), an indie rock band

See also


- The Field (disambiguation)
- Meadow
- Paddock
- Fielding
- Feld
- Fields Medal Category:Ambiguous place names Category:Surnames simple:Field

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