Fields
[ feeldz ]
/ fildz /
noun
W. C.William Claude Dukenfield,1880–1946,
U.S. vaudeville and motion-picture comedian.
Dorothy,1905–74,
U.S. librettist and lyricist.
Words nearby Fields
Definition for fields (2 of 2)
Origin of field
before 1000; Middle English, Old English
feld; cognate with German
Feld
OTHER WORDS FROM field
mis·field, verb un·field·ed, adjectiveExample sentences from the Web for fields
British Dictionary definitions for fields (1 of 3)
Fields
/ (fiːldz) /
noun
Dame Gracie . real name Grace Stansfield . 1898–1979, English popular singer and entertainer
W. C. real name William Claude Dukenfield . 1880–1946, US film actor, noted for his portrayal of comic roles
British Dictionary definitions for fields (2 of 3)
Field
/ (fiːld) /
noun
John . 1782–1837, Irish composer and pianist, lived in Russia from 1803: invented the nocturne
British Dictionary definitions for fields (3 of 3)
field
/ (fiːld) /
noun
verb
Word Origin for field
Old English
feld; related to Old Saxon, Old High German
feld, Old English
fold earth, Greek
platus broad
Scientific definitions for fields
field
[ fēld ]
A distribution in a region of space of the strength and direction of a force, such as the electrostatic force near an electrically charged object, that would act on a body at any given point in that region. See also electric field magnetic field.
The region whose image is visible to the eye or accessible to an optical instrument.
A set of elements having two operations, designated addition and multiplication, satisfying the conditions that multiplication is distributive over addition, that the set is a group under addition, and that the elements with the exception of the additive identity (0) form a group under multiplication. The set of all rational numbers is a field.
- In a database, a space for a single item of information contained in a record.
- An interface element in a graphical user interface that accepts the input of text.
Idioms and Phrases with fields
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