Dico Tools

field :

Send to friend
Print
Save

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"
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 Patriots fielded a young new quarterback for the Rose Bowl"
the space around a radiating body within which its electromagnetic oscillations can exert force on another similar body not in contact with it
a geographic region (land or sea) under which something valuable is found; "the diamond fields of South Africa"
a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed; "he planted a field of wheat"
a particular kind of commercial enterprise; "they are outstanding in their 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"
(computer science) a set of one or more adjacent characters comprising a unit of information
(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"
all of the horses in a particular horse race
all the competitors in a particular contest or sporting event
the area that is visible (as through an optical instrument)
extensive tract of level open land; "they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain"; "he longed for the fields of his youth"
a piece of land prepared for playing a game; "the home crowd cheered when Princeton took the field"
a place where planes take off and land
a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought; "they made a tour of Civil War battlefields"
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 branch of knowledge; "in what discipline is his doctorate?"; "teachers should be well trained in their subject"; "anthropology is the study of human beings"


	NSD Utilities - Dictionaries

The information contained in this communication is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed and others authorized to receive it. It may contain confidential or legally privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by responding to this email and then delete it from your system. NSD is neither liable for the proper and complete transmission of the information contained in this communication nor for any delay in its receipt.