field [ fi:ld] n.田野；田；运动场
field [fi:ld] n. 田地;牧场;场地
field [fi:ld] 字段
EFP Electronic Field Production 电子现场节目制作
Recommended Practice for a Field Flame Test for Textiles and Film
纺织品和胶片野外火焰测试标准
Guide for Fire Incident Field Notes
火灾事故现场纪录标准
field goal percentage 投球命中率
field goal 投球命中
athletics/track & field---田径
主副修制 a system of a major field of specialization plus a minor field
毕业实习 graduation field work
重点学科 key disciplinary areas or priority fields of study
field test marketing 实地市场测试
Census & Statistics Department Field Officers & Statistics Supervisors Amalgamated Association
政府统计处外勤统计职员及统计督导主任合并协会
Earthworm
地龙
East Asian Tree Fern Rhizome
狗脊
Elecampane Inula Root
土木香
Emblic Leafflower Fruit
余甘子
English Walnut Seed
胡桃仁
Entada Sten
瞌藤子
Entadae Stem
过江龙
Ephedra Herb
麻黄
Epigeal Srephaia Root
地不容
Epimedium Herb
淫羊藿
Erect St. John'swort Herb
小连翘
Ergot
麦角
Eriocarpous Glochidion Leaf
漆大姑
Eucommia Bark
杜仲
European Grape Fruit
索索葡萄
European Hop Flower
啤酒花
European Verbena
马鞭草
European Waterhemlock Root
毒芹
False Chinese Swertia Herb
当药
Falsehellebore Root and Rhizome
藜芦
Falsesour Cherry
樱桃核
Fangchi Root
广防已
Feather Cockscomb Seed
青葙子
Fennel Fruit
小茴香
Fermented Soybean
淡豆豉
Fewflower Lysionotus Herb
石吊兰
Field Sowthistle Herb
苣荬菜
Fig
无花果
Figwort Root
玄参
FigwortflowerPicrorhizaRhizome
胡黄连
Filiform Cassytha Herb
无根藤
Fimbriae Orostachys
瓦松
Fineleaf Schizonepeta Herb
荆芥
Finger Citron
佛手
Fistular Onion Stalk
葱白
Fiveleaf Gynostemma Herb
绞股蓝
Flabelate Maiden-hair Herb
过坛龙
Flastem Milkvetch Seed
沙苑子
Flos Caryophyllata
丁香
Fluorite
紫石英
Forbes Wildginger Herb
杜衡
Forest Frog's Oviduct
蛤蟆油
Forrest Silkvine Stem or Root
黑骨头
Fortune Eupatorium Herb
佩兰
Fortune Firethorn Fruit
救兵粮
Fortune Loosestrife Herb
星宿菜
Fortune Meadowrue Herb
白蓬草
Fortune Paulownia Fruit /Royal Paulownia Fruit
泡桐果
Fortune Plumyew Twig and Leaf
三尖杉
Fortune Windmillpalm Petiole
棕榈
Fortune's Drynaria Rhizome
骨碎补
Fourstamen Stephania Root
粉防己/汉防己
Fragrant Eupatorium Herb
飞机草
Fragrant Plantainlily Herb
玉簪
Fragrant Sarcococca Herb
清香桂
Fragrant Solomonseal Rhizome
玉竹
Franchet Groundcherry Calyx and Fruit
锦灯笼
Frangrant Ainsliaea Herb
杏香兔耳风
Frankincense
乳香
Freshwater Sponge
紫梢花
Fringed Iris Herb
铁扁担
Fruticose Breyniae Leaf and Twig
黑面神
电磁场与微波技术 Electromagnetic Field and Microwave Technology
油气田开发工程 Oil-Gas Field Development Engineering
外科学（含普通外科学、骨外科学、泌尿外科学、胸心血管外科学、神经外科学、整形外科学、烧伤外科学、野战外科学） Surgery (General Surgery, Orthopedics, Urology, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Neurosurgery, Plastic Surgery, Burn Surgery, Field Surgery)
电磁场与电磁波 Electromagnetic Fields & Magnetic Waves
现场试验
field test
电信工程车
telecommunicatin field service truck
视野
vision field (visibility)
驾驶员视野范围
vision field of driver
视野
vision field
直接视野
direct vesion field
间接视野
indirect vision field
单眼视野
monocular vision field
双眼视野
binocular vision field
两单眼视野
ambinocular vision field
周边视野
peripheral vision field
视野原点
original points of vision field
磁场
field
均质磁场
homogenous field
磁场强度
field strength
骚扰场强
disturbance field strength
场强发生器
field generator
磁场控制器
field monitoring equipment
迷向磁场探头
isotropic field probe
声场
sound field
A real genius possesses talents in many aspects, but they are brought into play only by chance and in a single field.
真正的天才具有多方面的才能，只是处于偶然而仅在单一的领域中得到施展。
The case illustrates that women can do much better than men in some fields.
这个事例说明了妇女在某些领域可以比男性干得出色得多。
He scanned the field for the figure of his mother.
他扫视田野，想看到他母亲的身影。
The sun flings bright rays on the fields.
（比喻）灿烂的阳光撒在田野上。
On the field of battle there are no certainties
在战场上没有必然性可言。
Students are supposed to learn the basic concepts of their fields.
学生应该学习他们专业领域里的基本知识。
The scientist is an international leader in the field of mathematics.
这位科学家在数学这一领域处于国际领先地位。
The teacher and some of his partners are taking the students on a field trip.
这位老师和他的一些伙伴正带领学生进行野外实习。
She’s an expert in her field, and is paid accordingly.
她在自己的领域里是个专家，并得到了相应的报酬。
He is one of the giants in the field of science.
他是科学界的一位巨匠。
A hedge is a row of bushes or small trees, usually along the edge of a garden, field, or road.
树篱是一排灌木或小树，通常围在院子、田野或道路旁边。
The farmer distributed manure over a field.
农民把肥料撒在田里。
The field looked like a possible site for the competition.
该场地看来有可能成为比赛场地。
At this time of the year farmers begin to plow their fields.
每年这个时候，农民们开始犁地。
It's her field． 这是她的本行。
The teams are coming onto the field． 队员们都进场了。
Other experiments revealed slight variations in the size, number, arrangement, and interconnection of the nerve cells, but as far as psychoneuaral correlations were concerned, the obvious similarities of these sensory fields to each other seemed much more remarkable than any of the minute differences.
其他的实验揭示神经细胞的大小、数量、排列和连接的细微变化，但就神经关联而言，这些感觉区域的相似性比那些细微的区别更有意义可言。
Alternatively, a student may use elective time to prepare for advanced study in some professional field, such as medicine or law, for graduate study in some area in which M. I. T. gives no undergraduate degree, such as meteorology or psychology, or for advanced study in an interdisciplinary field, such as astrophysics, communication science, or energy.
可选性地，学生可以用选择性的时间来准备某些专业领域的高级课程，比如说医学或者法律，或者M.I.T.不授予本科学位的某些专业课程，比如说气象学和心理学，或者跨学科的领域，比如说天体物理学，交流学或者能源学。
Thus, for instance, it may come as a shock to mathematicians to learn that the Schrodinger equation for the hydrogen atom is not a literally correct description of this atom, but only an approximation to a somewhat more correct equation taking account of spin, magnetic dipole, and relatiristic effects, and that this corrected equation is itself only an imperfect approximation to an infinite set of quantum field theoretical equations.
这样，对于数学家们来说是非常惊诧的，例如，薛定谔方程式并不是氢原子的准确描述，而只是某种程度上的近似值。它近似于另外一种描述磁性偶极子相对效果的方程，而这个方程本身又是一套不定量子场论方程的近似值。
Besides serving the indefinite needs of its native speakers, English is a language in which some of important works in science, technology, and other fields are being produced, and not always by native speakers.
除了以英语为母语的人大量地使用英语外，很多重要的科学、技术文献也是由英语写成，而且作者不仅仅是以英语为母语的人。
“In Japan, a most competitive society with stronger discipline than ours.” Says Isaac Stern. “children are ready to test their limits every day in many fields, including music.”
“在日本，是一个比我们更有纪律性和竞争性的社会。”Isaac Stern说。“孩子们每天都准备在各个领域内冲刺极限，包括音乐。”
A belt of trees grew between the two fields.
两块田之间有一条树木带。
This agreement opens the door to advances in every field.
这项协议开启了各个领域进步之门。
They rode through forests and fields.
他们骑马穿过森林和原野。
He has become famous in his own field.
他在自己的领域里已经出名了。
Many farmers are working in the fields.
许多农民在田里干活。
The peasants are harvesting rice in the field.
农民们正在田野里收割稻子。
A football field should be level.
足球场地应该平坦。
There are so many weeds in his field!
他的田里有那么多野草！
今天你干什么?
What are you doing today?
What are you doing today? (今天你们干嘛?)
We're having a track and field meet. (今天我们开运动会。)
Has your company done any research in this field?
请问贵公司对此范畴做了任何研究吗？
I think your industrial robots are the best in the field.
我认为你们的工业机器人在这领域是最好的。
A bad bush is better than the open field.
有胜于无。
Bipolar field 双极磁场
Circumferential field 周向磁场
Far field 远场
Field， resultant magnetic 复合磁场
Flux leakage field 磁通泄漏场
Induced field 感应磁场
Leakage field 泄漏磁场
Longitudinal field 纵向磁场
Magnetic particle field indication 磁粉磁场指示器
Magnetic field distribution 磁场分布
Magnetic field indicator 磁场指示器
Magnetic field meter 磁场计
Magnetic field strength 磁场强度(H)
Magnetic field/field，magnetic 磁场
Magnetic leakage field 漏磁场
Near field 近场
Near field length 近场长度
Residual magnetic field/field， residual magnetic 剩磁场
Resultant field 复合磁场
Resultant magnetic field 合成磁场
Rotational magnetic field 旋转磁场
Rotational magnetic field method 旋转磁场法
Surface field 表面磁场
Ultrasonic field 超声场
Has your company done any research in this field?
请问贵公司对此范畴做了任何研究吗？
A Hi! Good to meet you. I believe we work in the same business area.
A 你好！很高兴见到你。我想我们是同行。
B Yes, so I understand. How did you get into the IT business?
B 是的，我也这样理解。你是怎么进入IT行业的？
A I got interested in computers at university I guess.
A 我想我上大学的时候就对电脑感兴趣。
B It was the same for me. It seemed an interesting field to be in.
B 我也是。电脑业似乎是个有趣的领域。
A Yes, every organization needs IT.
A 是的，每个机构都需要IT.。
B I agree. It’s a very good area for work. Lots of opportunities.
B 我同意。这是一个很好的领域。有很多的机会。
Time is a great judge, even in the fields of morals.
H.L Mencken , American arts artic
时间是伟大的法官，即使在道德领域亦如此。
美国文艺评论家门肯。H L
We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be . We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing-grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.
Winston Churchill British prime minister
无论需要付出多大的代价，我们也要捍卫我们的岛国。我们要战斗在海滩，我们要战斗在登陆地带，我们要战斗在田野、街巷，我们要战斗在山冈、丘陵，我们决不投降。
英国首相丘吉尔，W。
To spread knowledge is to spread happiness....The progress of scientific research and the everexpanding fields will arouse hope while the bacteria existence in our body and mind will gradually disappear.
Alfred Nobel Swedish chemist
传播知识就是播种幸福。...科学研究的进展及其日益扩大的领域将唤起我们的希望，而存在于人类身心的细菌将逐渐消失。
瑞典化学家诺贝尔.A.
Love and scandale the best sweeteners of tea.
Henry Fielding, British writer
风流韵事与丑闻是品茶聊天时的最佳话题。
英国作家菲尔丁H
我研究的领域是计算机科学。
My speciality / field is computer science.
I specialize in computer science.
out in left field疯了
He's out in left field. Nobody ever understands what he is talking about.
他必定疯了。没人知道他在说些什么。
- play the field 不正经干
He is really a playboy, He likes to play the field and is never serious with any one girl.
In consideration of your extensive experience in the field, we are glad to appoint you as our agent.
考虑到你们在这一业务范围的丰富经验，我们很高兴指定你们为我们的代理。
守备 garrison; fielding
背包 [bēi bāo] /knapsack/rucksack/infantry pack/field pack/blanket roll/
薄荷 [bò hé] /field mint/peppermint/
菜地 [cài dì] /vegetable field/
操场 [cāo chǎng] /playground/sports field/
场 [chǎng] /a courtyard/open space/place/field/a measure word/(a measure word, used for sport or recreation)/
塍 [chéng] /raised path between fields/
畴 [chóu] /arable fields/cultivated field/class/category/
春耕 [chūn gēng] /(v) plow a field in the spring/
磁场 [cí chǎng] /magnetic field/
地 [dì] /earth/ground/field/place/land/
电磁场 [diàn cí chǎng] /electromagnetic fields/
顶尖 [dǐng jiān] /peak/world best/number one/finest (competitors)/apex/peak/top (figures in a certain field)/
畈 [fàn] /field/farm/
方面 [fāng miàn] /respect/aspect/field/side/
攻读 [gōng dú] /(v) major in a field; study a speciality in order to achieve a higher degree/
郊游 [jiāo yóu] /(n) field trip; outing/
经济学 [jīng jì xué] /economics (as a field of study)/
井田 [jǐng tián] /the well-field system of ancient China/
科 [kē] /branch of study/administrative section/division/field/branch/stage directions/family (taxonomy)/rules/laws/to mete out (punishment)/to levy (taxes, etc.)/to fine somebody/
领域 [lǐng yù] /domain/sphere/field/territory/area/
畔 [pàn] /bank/field-path/
平原 [píng yuán] /field/plain/
畎 [quǎn] /field drains/
实习 [shí xí] /to practice/field work/
视野 [shì yě] /(n) field of view/
手榴弹 [shǒu liú dàn] /(n) hand grenade/(n) track and field shotput/
田 [tián] /(surname)/field/farm/
田地 [tián dì] /field/farmland/cropland/
田间 [tián jiān] /(n) field; farm; farming/
田径 [tián jìng] /(n) track and field/
田野 [tián yě] /field/open land/
町 [tǐng] /raised path between fields/
畹 [wǎn] /a field of 20 or 30 mu/
消灭 [xiāo miè] /perish/cause to perish/annihilation (in quantum field theory)/
刑场 [xíng chǎng] /(n) execution field/
研究领域 [yán jiū lǐng yù] /research area/field of research/
野 [yě] /field/plain/open space/limit/boundary/rude/wild/
野火 [yě huǒ] /wildfire/(spreading like) wildfire/bush fire/farm fire (for clearing fields)/
音响 [yīn xiǎng] /(n) acoustics; sound field (i.e in a room or theater)/(n) speakers (electric)/
引力场 [yǐn lì chǎng] /gravitational field/
油田 [yóu tián] /oil field/
畲 [yú] /cultivated field/
域 [yù] /field/region/area/domain (taxonomy)/
畛 [zhěn] /border/boundary/field-path/
专业 [zhuān yè] /specialized field/
专业人才 [zhuān yè rén cái] /expert (in a field)/
字段 [zì duàn] /(numeric, data) field/
The point is that the players who score most are the ones who take the most shots at the goal — and so it goes with innovation in any field of activity.
问题在于得分最多者正是那些射门次数最多的球员，而任何领域的创新活动都是如此。
{adj: agrestic, rustic} characteristic of the fields or country
"agrestic simplicity"
"rustic stone walls"
{adj: alone, unique, unequaled, unequalled, unparalleled} radically distinctive and without equal
"he is alone in the field of microbiology"
"this theory is altogether alone in its penetration of the problem"
"Bach was unique in his handling of counterpoint"
"craftsmen whose skill is unequaled"
"unparalleled athletic ability"
"a breakdown of law unparalleled in our history"
{adj: antimagnetic} impervious to the effects of a magnetic field; resistant to magnetization
"an antimagnetic watch"
<-> magnetic
{adj: apparent, evident, manifest, patent, plain, unmistakable} clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
"the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields"
"evident hostility"
"manifest disapproval"
"patent advantages"
"made his meaning plain"
"it is plain that he is no reactionary"
"in plain view"
{adj: applied} that are used
"an isotropic resonance shift...to lower applied fields"
{adj: avaricious, covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy, prehensile} immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth
"they are avaricious and will do anything for money"
"casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields"
"a grasping old miser"
"grasping commercialism"
"greedy for money and power"
"grew richer and greedier"
"prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees"
{adj: broken-field} varying in direction suddenly and frequently
"broken-field running"
{adj: campestral} of fields or open country
"living in campestral seclusion"
{adj: colossal, prodigious, stupendous} so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe
"colossal crumbling ruins of an ancient temple"
"has a colossal nerve"
"a prodigious storm"
"a stupendous field of grass"
"stupendous demand"
{adj: configured, designed} organized so as to give configuration to
"a magnet is surrounded by a configured field"
"a vehicle designed for rough terrain"
{adj: cultivated} (of land or fields) prepared for raising crops by plowing or fertilizing
"cultivated land"
<-> uncultivated
{adj: deep} having great spatial extension or penetration downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or laterally or outward from a center; sometimes used in combination
"a deep well"
"a deep dive"
"deep water"
"a deep casserole"
"a deep gash"
"deep massage"
"deep pressure receptors in muscles"
"deep shelves"
"a deep closet"
"surrounded by a deep yard"
"hit the ball to deep center field"
"in deep space"
"waist-deep"
<-> shallow
{adj: disciplinary} relating to a specific field of academic study
"economics in its modern disciplinary sense"
{adj: discontinuous, noncontinuous} not continuing without interruption in time or space
"discontinuous applause"
"the landscape was a discontinuous mosaic of fields and forest areas"
"he received a somewhat haphazard and discontinuous schooling"
<-> continuous
{adj: distrustful} having or showing distrust
"a man of distrustful nature"
"my experience...in other fields of law has made me distrustful of rules of thumb generally"- B.N.Cardozo
"vigilant and distrustful superintendence"- Thomas Jefferson
<-> trustful
{adj: downfield} toward or in the defending team's end of the playing field
"he threw to a downfield receiver"
{adj: dusky, twilight, twilit} lighted by or as if by twilight
"The dusky night rides down the sky/And ushers in the morn"-Henry Fielding
"the twilight glow of the sky"
"a boat on a twilit river"
{adj: elysian} relating to the Elysian Fields
{adj: ethnological, ethnologic} of or relating to ethnology
"ethnological field work"
{adj: field-crop} of or relating to field crops
"field-crop management"
{adj: filar} related to or having filaments (especially across a field of view as in the eyepiece of a telescope)
"a filar eyepiece"
{adj: fitting} in harmony with the spirit of particular persons or occasion
"We have come to dedicate a portion of that field...It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this"
{adj: furrowed} having long narrow shallow depressions (as grooves or wrinkles) in the surface
"furrowed fields"
"his furrowed face lit by a warming smile"
<-> unfurrowed
{adj: green, greenish, light-green, dark-green} of the color between blue and yellow in the color spectrum; similar to the color of fresh grass
"a green tree"
"green fields"
"green paint"
{adj: ignorant, illiterate} uneducated in the fundamentals of a given art or branch of learning; lacking knowledge of a specific field
"she is ignorant of quantum mechanics"
"he is musically illiterate"
{adj: interdisciplinary} drawing from or characterized by participation of two or more fields of study
"interdisciplinary studies"
"an interdisciplinary conference"
{adj: left} being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north
"my left hand"
"left center field"
"the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream"
<-> right
{adj: literate} knowledgeable and educated in one or several fields
"computer literate"
{adj: magnetic} determined by earth's magnetic fields
"magnetic north"
"the needle of a magnetic compass points to the magnetic north pole"
<-> geographic
{adj: major} of the field of academic study in which one concentrates or specializes
"his major field was mathematics"
<-> minor
{adj: minor} of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization
<-> major
{adj: patched, spotty, spotted, black-and-white} having spots or patches (small areas of contrasting color or texture)
"a field patched with ice and snow"
"the wall had a spotty speckled effect"
"a black-and-white spotted cow"
{adj: playable} capable of or suitable for being played or played on
"a playable lie in golf"
"the baseball fan reached out and caught a foul that was judged playable"
"the ball field was playable"
"harpsichord music is readily playable"- P.H.Lang
<-> unplayable
{adj: plowed, ploughed} (of farmland) broken and turned over with a plow
"plowed fields"
<-> unplowed
{adj: professional} of or relating to or suitable as a profession
"professional organizations"
"a professional field such as law"
{adj: recreational} of or relating to recreation
"a recreational area with a pool and ball fields"
{adj: respective, several, various} considered individually
"the respective club members"
"specialists in their several fields"
"the various reports all agreed"
{adj: right} being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the east when facing north
"my right hand"
"right center field"
"a right-hand turn"
"the right bank of a river is the bank on your right side when you are facing downstream"
<-> left
{adj: rocky, bouldery, bouldered, stony} abounding in rocks or stones
"rocky fields"
"stony ground"
"bouldery beaches"
{adj: secure} free from danger or risk
"secure from harm"
"his fortune was secure"
"made a secure place for himself in his field"
<-> insecure
{adj: shallow} lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center
"shallow water"
"a shallow dish"
"a shallow cut"
"a shallow closet"
"established a shallow beachhead"
"hit the ball to shallow left field"
<-> deep
{adj: shaped} having the shape of
"a square shaped playing field"
{adj: stretched} extended or spread over a wide area or distance
"broad fields lay stretched on both sides of us"
{adj: structural} concerned with systematic structure in a particular field of study
{adj: tame, tamed} brought from wildness into a domesticated state
"tame animals"
"fields of tame blueberries"
<-> wild
{adj: thirsty} needing moisture
"thirsty fields under a rainless sky"
{adj: uncultivated} (of land or fields) not prepared for raising crops
"uncultivated land"
<-> cultivated
{adj: unfurrowed, unwrinkled} not marked with shallow depressions or furrows
"an unfurrowed field"
"unfurrowed cheeks"
<-> furrowed
{adj: unplayable} not capable of or suitable for being played or played on
"the golf ball was in an unplayable lie"
"the field was unplayable"
"some music seems almost unplayable"
<-> playable
{adj: unplowed, unploughed, unbroken} (of farmland) not plowed
"unplowed fields"
"unbroken land"
<-> plowed
{adj: unstudied} lacking knowledge gained by study often in a particular field
"is unstudied in Latin as he is in may other matters"
{adj: upfield} away from the defending teams' end of the playing field
{adv: across} to the opposite side
"the football field was 300 feet across"
{adv: afield} in or into a field (especially a field of battle)
"the armies were afield, challenging the enemy's advance"
"unlawful to carry hunting rifles afield until the season opens"
{adv: at home} on the home team's field
"they played at home last night"
{adv: clear, all the way} completely
"read the book clear to the end"
"slept clear through the night"
"there were open fields clear to the horizon"
{adv: downfield} toward or in the defending team's end of the playing field
"he caught the ball and ran downfield 15 yards"
{n: Acheta, genus Acheta} common house and field crickets
{n: American football, American football game} a game played by two teams of 11 players on a rectangular field 100 yards long; teams try to get possession of the ball and advance it across the opponents goal line in a series of (running or passing) plays
{n: American harvest mouse, harvest mouse} any of several small greyish New World mice inhabiting e.g. grain fields
{n: Apodemus, genus Apodemus} Old World field mice
{n: Bosworth Field} the battle that ended the Wars of the Roses (1485); Richard III was killed and Henry Tudor was crowned as Henry VII
{n: C-ration} a canned field ration issued by the United States army
{n: Chomsky, Noam Chomsky, A. Noam Chomsky} United States linguist whose theory of generative grammar redefined the field of linguistics (born 1928)
{n: Comte, Auguste Comte, Isidore Auguste Marie Francois Comte} French philosopher remembered as the founder of positivism; he also established sociology as a systematic field of study
{n: Coulomb, Charles Augustin de Coulomb} French physicist famous for his discoveries in the field of electricity and magnetism; formulated Coulomb's Law (1736-1806)
{n: Cynoscephalae} the fields in Thessaly where in 197 BC the Romans defeated the Macedonians
{n: Dallas} a large commercial and industrial city in northeastern Texas located in the heart of the northern Texas oil fields
{n: Distinguished Conduct Medal} a British military decoration for distinguished conduct in the field
{n: Elysium, Elysian Fields} (Greek mythology) the abode of the blessed after death
{n: European wood mouse, Apodemus sylvaticus} nocturnal yellowish-brown mouse inhabiting woods and fields and gardens
{n: Fielding, Henry Fielding} English novelist and dramatist (1707-1754)
{n: Fields, W. C. Fields, William Claude Dukenfield} United States comedian and film actor (1880-1946)
{n: Flodden, Battle of Flodden Field} a battle in 1513; the English defeated the invading Scots and James IV was killed
{n: Galton, Francis Galton, Sir Francis Galton} English scientist (cousin of Charles Darwin) who explored many fields: heredity, meteorology, statistics, psychology, anthropology; founder of eugenics and first to use fingerprints for identification (1822-1911)
{n: Galvani, Luigi Galvani} Italian physiologist noted for his discovery that frogs' muscles contracted in an electric field (which led to the galvanic cell) (1737-1798)
{n: Grozny, Groznyy} the capital of Chechnya in southwestern Russia; center of extensive oil fields
{n: Hale, George Ellery Hale} United States astronomer who discovered that sunspots are associated with strong magnetic fields (1868-1938)
{n: Henry VII, Henry Tudor} first Tudor king of England from 1485 to 1509; head of the house of Lancaster in the War of the Roses; defeated Richard III at Bosworth Field and was proclaimed king; married the daughter of Edward IV and so united the houses of York and Lancaster (1457-1509)
{n: Hindenburg, Paul von Hindenburg, Paul Ludwig von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg} German field marshal and statesman; as president of the Weimar Republic he reluctantly appointed Hitler as chancellor in 1933 (1847-1934)
{n: Huxley, Andrew Huxley, Andrew Fielding Huxley} English physiologist who, with Alan Hodgkin, discovered the role of potassium and sodium ions in the transmission of the nerve impulse (born in 1917)
{n: Java sparrow, Java finch, ricebird, Padda oryzivora} small finch-like Indonesian weaverbird that frequents rice fields
{n: Joffre, Joseph Jacques Cesaire Joffre} French field marshal who commanded the Allied armies in France during World War II (1852-1931)
{n: Kitchener, Herbert Kitchener, Horatio Herbert Kitchener, First Earl Kitchener of Khartoum} British field marshal (1850-1916)
{n: Kutuzov, Mikhail Ilarionovich Kutuzov, Prince of Smolensk} Russian field marshal who commanded the Russian opposition to Napoleon (1745-1813)
{n: Kyushu} the southernmost of the four main islands of Japan; contains coal fields
{n: Lorentz force} the force experienced by a point charge moving along a wire that is in a magnetic field; the force is at right angles to both the current and the magnetic field
"the Lorentz force can be used to suspend a current-carrying object between two magnets"
{n: Maxwell's equations} four differential equations that summarize classical properties of electromagnetic fields
{n: Meitner, Lise Meitner} Swedish physicist (born in Austria) who worked in the field of radiochemistry with Otto Hahn and formulated the concept of nuclear fission with Otto Frisch (1878-1968)
{n: Pan, goat god} (Greek mythology) god of fields and woods and shepherds and flocks; represented as a man with goat's legs and horns and ears; identified with Roman Sylvanus or Faunus
{n: Persian Gulf, Arabian Gulf} a shallow arm of the Arabian Sea between Iran and the Arabian peninsula; the Persian Gulf oil fields are among the most productive in the world
{n: Rask, Rasmus Christian Rask} Danish philologist whose work on Old Norse pioneered in the field of comparative linguistics (1787-1832)
{n: Richard III} King of England from 1483 to 1485; seized the throne from his nephew Edward V who was confined to the Tower of London and murdered; his reign ended when he was defeated by Henry Tudor (later Henry VII) at the battle of Bosworth Field (1452-1485)
{n: Rommel, Erwin Rommel, Desert Fox} German field marshal noted for brilliant generalship in North Africa during World War II (1891-1944)
{n: Rundstedt, von Rundstedt, Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt} German field marshal in World War II who directed the conquest of Poland and led the Ardennes counteroffensive (1875-1953)
{n: Saskatchewan} one of the three prairie provinces in west central Canada
"vast fields of wheat grow on Saskatchewan's prairies"
{n: Spizella, genus Spizella} chipping sparrow; field sparrow; tree sparrow
{n: Sylvanus, Silvanus} (Roman mythology) god of woods and fields and flocks; Pan is the Greek counterpart
{n: Van Allen belt} a belt of charged particles (resulting from cosmic rays) above the Earth trapped by the Earth's magnetic field
{n: Van Allen, James Alfred Van Allen} United States physicist who discovered two belts of charged particles from the solar wind trapped by the Earth's magnetic field (born in 1914)
{n: Wavell, Archibald Percival Wavell, First Earl Wavell} British field marshal in North Africa in World War II; he defeated the Italians before being defeated by the Germans (1883-1950)
{n: Williams, Sir Bernanrd Williams, Bernanrd Arthur Owen Williams} English philosopher credited with reviving the field of moral philosophy (1929-2003)
{n: ace, adept, champion, sensation, maven, mavin, virtuoso, genius, hotshot, star, superstar, whiz, whizz, wizard, wiz} someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
{n: action} the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field
"the action is no longer in technology stocks but in municipal bonds"
"gawkers always try to get as close to the action as possible"
{n: agronomist} an expert in soil management and field-crop production
{n: airfield, landing field, flying field, field} a place where planes take off and land
{n: almanac} an annual publication containing tabular information in a particular field or fields arranged according to the calendar of a given year
{n: annular scotoma} a circular scotoma surrounding the center of the field of vision
{n: antiferromagnetism} magnetic field creates parallel but opposing spins; varies with temperature
{n: arena, scene of action} a playing field where sports events take place
{n: armature} coil in which voltage is induced by motion through a magnetic field
{n: astatic coils} an arrangement of coils used in sensitive electrical instruments; the coils are arranged to give zero resultant external magnetic field when a current passes through them and to have zero electromotive force induced in them by an external magnetic field
{n: astatic galvanometer} has a moving magnet and astatic coils arranged to cancel the effect of the Earth's magnetic field
{n: avant-garde, vanguard, van, new wave} any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts)
{n: backstop} (baseball) a fence or screen (as behind home plate) to prevent the ball from traveling out of the playing field
{n: ball field, baseball field, diamond} the baseball playing field
{n: ball game, ballgame} a field game played with a ball (especially baseball)
{n: baseball diamond, diamond, infield} the area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate
<-> outfield
{n: basket, field goal} a score in basketball made by throwing the ball through the hoop
{n: battle dress} a military uniform designed for field service
{n: battlefield, battleground, field of battle, field of honor, field} a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought
"they made a tour of Civil War battlefields"
{n: betatron, induction accelerator} accelerates a continuous beam of electrons to high speeds by means of the electric field produced by changing magnetic flux
{n: bible} a book regarded as authoritative in its field
{n: binoculars, field glasses, opera glasses} an optical instrument designed for simultaneous use by both eyes
{n: bit field} a field containing only binary characters
{n: black hole} a region of space resulting from the collapse of a star; extremely high gravitational field
{n: blue toadflax, old-field toadflax, Linaria canadensis} North American plant having racemes of blue-violet flowers
{n: bombie} an unexploded bomblet
"unexploded bomblets known in Laos as `bombies' caused farmers to fear cultivating their fields"
{n: bowling green} a field of closely mowed turf for playing bowls
{n: box} any one of several designated areas on a ball field where the batter or catcher or coaches are positioned
"the umpire warned the batter to stay in the batter's box"
{n: broad bean, broad-bean, broad-bean plant, English bean, European bean, field bean, Vicia faba} Old World upright plant grown especially for its large flat edible seeds but also as fodder
{n: bull tongue} a heavy plow with a single wide blade; used chiefly in cotton fields
{n: bullpen} a place on a baseball field where relief pitchers can warm up during a game
{n: caesium clock} an atomic clock based on the energy difference between two states of the caesium nucleus in a magnetic field
{n: campus} a field on which the buildings of a university are situated
{n: canon} a rule or especially body of rules or principles generally established as valid and fundamental in a field or art or philosophy
"the neoclassical canon"
"canons of polite society"
{n: capture} a process whereby a star or planet holds an object in its gravitational field
{n: carpet knight} a knight who spends his time in luxury and idleness (knighted on the carpet at court rather than on the field of battle)
{n: center field, centerfield, center} the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher
"he hit the ball to deep center"
{n: center field, centerfield} the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is expected to field balls in the central third of the outfield
{n: center fielder, centerfielder} the person who plays center field
{n: channel} a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through
"the fields were crossed with irrigation channels"
"gutters carried off the rainwater into a series of channels under the street"
{n: cognitive science} the field of science concerned with cognition; includes parts of cognitive psychology and linguistics and computer science and cognitive neuroscience and philosophy of mind
{n: combine} harvester that heads and threshes and cleans grain while moving across the field
{n: common fate, law of common fate} a Gestalt principle of organization holding that aspects of perceptual field that move or function in a similar manner will be perceived as a unit
{n: common horsetail, field horsetail, Equisetum arvense} of Eurasia and Greenland and North America
{n: communications, communication theory} the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.)
"communications is his major field of study"
{n: comprehensive examination, comprehensive, comp} an intensive examination testing a student's proficiency in some special field of knowledge
"she took her comps in English literature"
{n: connoisseur, cognoscenti} an expert able to appreciate a field; especially in the fine arts
{n: consultancy} the practice of giving expert advice within a particular field
"a business management consultancy"
{n: corn chamomile, field chamomile, corn mayweed, Anthemis arvensis} European white-flowered weed naturalized in North America
{n: corn cockle, corn campion, crown-of-the-field, Agrostemma githago} European annual having large trumpet-shaped reddish-purple flowers and poisonous seed; a common weed in grainfields and beside roadways; naturalized in America
{n: corn marigold, field marigold, Chrysanthemum segetum} European herb with bright yellow flowers; a common weed in grain fields
{n: corn mint, field mint, Mentha arvensis} European mint naturalized in United States
{n: corn poppy, field poppy, Flanders poppy, Papaver rhoeas} annual European poppy common in grain fields and often cultivated
{n: corncrake, land rail, Crex crex} common Eurasian rail that frequents grain fields
{n: cornfield, corn field} a field planted with corn
{n: cosmotron} a large proton synchrotron; uses frequency modulation of an electric field to accelerate protons
{n: crow garlic, false garlic, field garlic, stag's garlic, wild garlic, Allium vineale} pungent Old World wild onion
{n: cybernetics} (biology) the field of science concerned with processes of communication and control (especially the comparison of these processes in biological and artificial systems)
{n: dark ground illumination, dark field illumination} a form of microscopic examination of living material by scattered light; specimens appear luminous against a dark background
{n: decomposition, vector decomposition} the analysis of a vector field
{n: degaussing} the process of making a (steel) ship's hull nonmagnetic by producing an opposing magnetic field
{n: deictic, deictic word} a word specifying identity or spacial or temporal location from the perspective of a speaker or hearer in the context in which the communication occurs
"words that introduce particulars of the speaker's and hearer's shared cognitive field into the message"- R.Rommetveit
{n: denizen} a plant or animal naturalized in a region
"denizens of field and forest"
"denizens of the deep"
{n: diamagnetism} phenomenon exhibited by materials like copper or bismuth that become magnetized in a magnetic field with a polarity opposite to the magnetic force; unlike iron they are slightly repelled by a magnet
{n: dielectric heating} heating of an insulator by a high-frequency electric field
{n: discharge, spark, arc, electric arc, electric discharge} electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field
{n: discipline, subject, subject area, subject field, field, field of study, study, bailiwick, branch of knowledge} 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"
{n: dropkick} (football) kicking (as for a field goal) in which the football is dropped and kicked as it touches the ground
{n: dynamo} generator consisting of a coil (the armature) that rotates between the poles of an electromagnet (the field magnet) causing a current to flow in the armature
{n: electric field} a field of force surrounding a charged particle
{n: electrical line of force} a line of force in an electrical field
{n: electrodynamometer} measuring instrument that uses the interaction of the magnetic fields of two coils to measure current or voltage or power
{n: electromagnetic radiation, electromagnetic wave, nonparticulate radiation} radiation consisting of waves of energy associated with electric and magnetic fields resulting from the acceleration of an electric charge
{n: electron optics} the branch of electronics that deals with beams of electrons and their focusing and deflection by magnetic fields
{n: electrophoresis, cataphoresis, dielectrolysis, ionophoresis} the motion of charged particles in a colloid under the influence of an electric field; particles with a positive charge go to the cathode and negative to the anode
{n: electrostatic charge} the electric charge at rest on the surface of an insulated body (which establishes and adjacent electrostatic field)
{n: electrostatic field} electric field associated with static electric charges
{n: escape velocity} the minimum velocity needed to escape a gravitational field
{n: excursion, jaunt, outing, junket, pleasure trip, expedition, sashay} a journey taken for pleasure
"many summer excursions to the shore"
"it was merely a pleasure trip"
"after cautious sashays into the field"
{n: fair ball} (baseball) a ball struck with the bat so that it stays between the lines (the foul lines) that define the width of the playing field
<-> foul ball
{n: farmhand, fieldhand, field hand, farm worker} a hired hand on a farm
{n: ferromagnetism} phenomenon exhibited by materials like iron (nickel or cobalt) that become magnetized in a magnetic field and retain their magnetism when the field is removed
{n: field artillery, field gun} movable artillery (other than antiaircraft) used by armies in the field (especially for direct support of front-line troops)
{n: field bindweed, wild morning-glory, Convolvulus arvensis} weakly climbing European perennial with white or pink flowers; naturalized in North America and an invasive weed
{n: field brome, Bromus arvensis} annual grass of Europe and temperate Asia
{n: field capacity} the maximum amount of water that a particular soil can hold
{n: field chickweed, field mouse-ear, Cerastium arvense} densely tufted perennial chickweed of north temperate zone
{n: field coil, field winding} the electric coil around a field magnet that produces the magneto motive force to set up the flux in an electric machine
{n: field corn} corn grown primarily for animal feed or market grain
{n: field cricket, Acheta assimilis} common American black cricket; attacks crops and also enters dwellings
{n: field crop} a crop (other than fruits or vegetables) that is grown for agricultural purposes
"cotton, hay, and grain are field crops"
{n: field day, outing, picnic} a day devoted to an outdoor social gathering
{n: field day} (military) a day for military exercises and display
{n: field day} a day for outdoor athletic competition
{n: field day} a time of unusual pleasure and success
{n: field emission} the emission of electrons that are stripped from parent atoms by a high electric field
{n: field event} a competition that takes place on a field rather than on a running track
{n: field game} an outdoor game played on a field of specified dimensions
{n: field glass, glass, spyglass} a small refracting telescope
{n: field goal} a score in American football; a score made by kicking the ball between the opponents' goal posts
{n: field guide} a guidebook describing natural objects of some type that might be encountered in the field
"a field guide to mushrooms"
{n: field hockey ball} ball used in playing field hockey
{n: field hockey, hockey} a game resembling ice hockey that is played on an open field; two opposing teams use curved sticks try to drive a ball into the opponents' net
{n: field hospital} a temporary military hospital near the battle lines
{n: field house, sports arena} a building for indoor sports
{n: field house} an athletic facility where athletes prepare for sport
{n: field judge} a football official
{n: field lens} the lens that is farthest from the eye in an optical device with more than one lens
{n: field magnet} a magnet that provides a magnetic field in a dynamo or electric motor
{n: field marshal} an officer holding the highest rank in the army
{n: field mouse, fieldmouse} any nocturnal Old World mouse of the genus Apodemus inhabiting woods and fields and gardens
{n: field mustard, wild mustard, charlock, chadlock, Brassica kaber, Sinapis arvensis} weedy Eurasian plant often a pest in grain fields
{n: field of fire} the area that a weapon or group of weapons can cover effectively with gun fire from a given position
{n: field of honor} the scene of a duel
{n: field pansy, heartsease, Viola arvensis} common Old World viola with creamy often violet-tinged flowers
{n: field pea, field-pea plant, Austrian winter pea, Pisum sativum arvense, Pisum arvense} variety of pea plant native to the Mediterranean region and North Africa and widely grown especially for forage
{n: field pea} coarse small-seeded pea often used as food when young and tender
{n: field pea} seed of the field pea plant
{n: field pennycress, French weed, fanweed, penny grass, stinkweed, mithridate mustard, Thlaspi arvense} foetid Eurasian weed having round flat pods; naturalized throughout North America
{n: field press censorship} security review of news (including all information or material intended for dissemination to the public) subject to the jurisdiction of the armed forces
{n: field pussytoes} a variety of pussytoes
{n: field ration} rations issued for United States troops in the field
{n: field scabious, Scabiosa arvensis} perennial having bluish-lilac flowers; introduced in the eastern United States
{n: field soybean} seeds used as livestock feed
{n: field spaniel} large usually black hunting and retrieving spaniel with a dense flat or slightly wavy coat; cross between cocker and Sussex spaniel
{n: field sparrow, Spizella pusilla} common North American finch of brushy pasturelands
{n: field speedwell, Veronica agrestis} European plant with minute axillary blue flowers on long stalks; widely naturalized in America
{n: field strength unit} an electromagnetic unit of magnetic intensity
{n: field strength, field intensity} the vector sum of all the forces exerted by an electrical or magnetic field (on a unit mass or unit charge or unit magnetic pole) at a given point in the field
{n: field tent} a canvas tent for use in the field
{n: field theory} (physics) a theory that explains a physical phenomenon in terms of a field and the manner in which it interacts with matter or with other fields
{n: field thistle, Cirsium discolor} stout North American thistle with purplish-pink flower heads
{n: field trial, field test} a test of the performance of some new product under the conditions in which it will be used
{n: field trial} a contest between gun dogs to determine their proficiency in pointing and retrieving
{n: field trial} a test of young hunting dogs to determine their skill in pointing and retrieving
{n: field trip} a group excursion (to a museum or the woods or some historic place) for firsthand examination
{n: field work} an investigation carried out in the field rather than in a laboratory or headquarters
{n: field wormwood, Artemisia campestris} European wormwood similar to common wormwood in its properties
{n: field, field of force, force field} the space around a radiating body within which its electromagnetic oscillations can exert force on another similar body not in contact with it
{n: field, field of operation, line of business} a particular kind of commercial enterprise
"they are outstanding in their field"
{n: field, field of operations, theater, theater of operations, theatre, theatre of operations} 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"
{n: field, field of view} the area that is visible (as through an optical instrument)
{n: field-effect transistor, FET} a transistor in which most current flows in a channel whose effective resistance can be controlled by a transverse electric field
{n: field-emission microscope} electron microscope used to observe the surface structure of a solid
{n: field-grade officer, field officer, FO} an officer holding the rank of major or lieutenant colonel or colonel
{n: field-sequential color television, field-sequential color TV, field-sequential color television system, field-sequential color TV system} an early form of color TV in which successive fields are scanned in three primary colors
{n: fielder, fieldsman} a member of the cricket team that is fielding rather than batting
{n: fielder} a member of the baseball team that is in the field instead of at bat
{n: fielding average} (baseball) the percentage of times a fielder handles a batted ball properly; number of assists and putouts divided by the number of chances
{n: fielding} (baseball) handling the ball while playing in the field
{n: fieldstone} stone that occurs naturally in fields; often used as building material
{n: fieldworker} a researcher who works in the field
{n: fieldwork} a temporary fortification built by troops in the field
{n: field} (computer science) a set of one or more adjacent characters comprising a unit of information
{n: 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"
{n: field} a geographic region (land or sea) under which something valuable is found
"the diamond fields of South Africa"
{n: field} a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed
"he planted a field of wheat"
{n: field} all of the horses in a particular horse race
{n: field} all the competitors in a particular contest or sporting event
{n: 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"
{n: firebreak, fireguard} a narrow field that has been cleared to check the spread of a prairie fire or forest fire
{n: first base, first} the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed at first of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate)
{n: flux unit, magnetic flux unit} a measure of the strength of a magnetic field per unit area
{n: football field, gridiron} the playing field on which football is played
{n: foul ball} (baseball) a ball struck with the bat so that it does not stay between the lines (the foul lines) that define the width of the playing field
<-> fair ball
{n: foul line} lines through 1st and 3rd base indicating the boundaries of a baseball field
{n: foundation, grounding} education or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledge
"he lacks the foundation necessary for advanced study"
"a good grounding in mathematics"
{n: free electron} electron that is not attached to an atom or ion or molecule but is free to move under the influence of an electric field
{n: free fall} the ideal falling motion of something subject only to a gravitational field
{n: frontier} an undeveloped field of study; a topic inviting research and development
"he worked at the frontier of brain science"
{n: gamma} a unit of magnetic field strength equal to one-hundred-thousandth of an oersted
{n: gatekeeper} someone who controls access to something
"there are too many gatekeepers between the field officers and the chief"
{n: gleaner} someone who picks up grain left in the field by the harvesters
{n: glossary, gloss} an alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized field of knowledge; usually published as an appendix to a text on that field
{n: goal line} a line marking each end of the playing field or pitch; where the goals stand
{n: goalpost} one of a pair of posts (usually joined by a crossbar) that are set up as a goal at each end of a playing field
{n: gold miner, gold digger, gold panner} a miner who digs or pans for gold in a gold field
{n: gold rush} a large migration of people to a newly discovered gold field
{n: grainfield, grain field} a field where grain is grown
{n: gravimeter, gravity meter} a measuring instrument for measuring variations in the gravitational field of the earth
{n: gravitational field} a field of force surrounding a body of finite mass
{n: gravity-assist} (spaceflight) a trajectory that passes close to a planetary body in order to gain energy from its gravitational field
{n: great} a person who has achieved distinction and honor in some field
"he is one of the greats of American music"
{n: ground ivy, alehoof, field balm, gill-over-the-ground, runaway robin, Glechoma hederaceae, Nepeta hederaceae} trailing European aromatic plant of the mint family having rounded leaves and small purplish flowers often grown in hanging baskets; naturalized in North America; sometimes placed in genus Nepeta
{n: groundsman, groundskeeper, groundkeeper} someone who maintains the grounds (of an estate or park or athletic field)
{n: guru} a recognized leader in some field or of some movement
"a guru of genomics"
{n: harvester, reaper} farm machine that gathers a food crop from the fields
{n: haycock} a small cone-shaped pile of hay that has been left in the field until it is dry enough to carry to the hayrick
{n: hayfield, meadow} a field where grass or alfalfa are grown to be made into hay
{n: hedge maple, field maple, Acer campestre} shrubby Eurasian maple often used as a hedge
{n: heliometer} an instrument used to measure the angular separation of two stars that are too far apart to be included in the field of view of an ordinary telescope
{n: hemianopia, hemianopsia} blindness in one half of the visual field of one or both eyes
{n: hemianopic scotoma} a scotoma involving half of the visual field
{n: heretic} a person who holds unorthodox opinions in any field (not merely religion)
{n: home stand} a series of successive games played at a team's home field or court
{n: hop garden, hop field} a garden where hops are grown
{n: hut, army hut, field hut} temporary military shelter
{n: hysteresis} the lagging of an effect behind its cause; especially the phenomenon in which the magnetic induction of a ferromagnetic material lags behind the changing magnetic field
{n: ice field} a large flat mass of ice (larger than an ice floe) floating at sea
{n: ice floe, floe} a flat mass of ice (smaller than an ice field) floating at sea
{n: idiot savant} person who is mentally retarded in general but who displays remarkable aptitude in some limited field (usually involving memory)
{n: immunochemistry, chemoimmunology} the field of chemistry concerned with chemical processes in immunology (such as chemical studies of antigens and antibodies)
{n: initiate, enlightened} people who have been introduced to the mysteries of some field or activity
"it is very familiar to the initiate"
<-> uninitiate
{n: initiate, learned person, pundit, savant} someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field
{n: interaction, fundamental interaction} (physics) the transfer of energy between elementary particles or between an elementary particle and a field or between fields; mediated by gauge bosons
{n: interest, interest group} (usually plural) a social group whose members control some field of activity and who have common aims
"the iron interests stepped up production"
{n: ion engine} a type of reaction-propulsion engine to propel rockets in space; a stream of positive ions is accelerated to a high velocity by an electric field
{n: ionization, ionisation} the process of ionizing; the formation of ions by separating atoms or molecules or radicals or by adding or subtracting electrons from atoms by strong electric fields in a gas
{n: javelin} a spear thrown as a weapon or in competitive field events
{n: junkyard} a field where junk is collected and stored for resale
{n: kickoff} (football) a kick from the center of the field to start a football game or to resume it after a score
{n: killdeer, kildeer, killdeer plover, Charadrius vociferus} American plover of inland waters and fields having a distinctive cry
{n: killing field} (usually plural) an area where many people have died (usually by massacre or genocide during war or violent civil disturbance)
{n: king} preeminence in a particular category or group or field
"the lion is the king of beasts"
{n: klammath weed, Hypericum perforatum} yellow-flowered perennial common in fields and waste places but a weed in rangelands
{n: knowledge domain, knowledge base} the content of a particular domain or field of knowledge
{n: labor, labour, working class, proletariat} a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
"there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field"
{n: landing approach} the approach to a landing field by an airplane
{n: lawn} a field of cultivated and mowed grass
{n: left field, leftfield, left} the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's left
"the batter flied out to left"
{n: left field, leftfield} the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is expected to field balls in the left third of the outfield (looking from home plate)
{n: left fielder} the person who plays left field
{n: lens, electron lens} electronic equipment that uses a magnetic or electric field in order to focus a beam of electrons
{n: lesser calamint, field balm, Calamintha nepeta, Calamintha nepeta glantulosa, Satureja nepeta, Satureja calamintha glandulosa} low-growing strongly aromatic perennial herb of southern Europe to Great Britain; naturalized in United States
{n: limber} a two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle used to pull a field gun or caisson
{n: line of force, field line} an imaginary line in a field of force; direction of the line at any point is the direction of the force at that point
{n: liquid crystal display, LCD} a digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field; used for portable computer displays and watches etc.
{n: logic} the principles that guide reasoning within a given field or situation
"economic logic requires it"
"by the logic of war"
{n: magnetic bottle} container consisting of any configuration of magnetic fields used to contain a plasma during controlled thermonuclear reactions
{n: magnetic dipole moment} (physics) a current loop gives rise to a magnetic field characteristic of a magnetic dipole
"An orbiting electron in an atom will have a magnetic dipole moment"
{n: magnetic field strength, magnetic intensity, magnetic induction, magnetic flux density} the amount of magnetic flux in a unit area perpendicular to the direction of magnetic flow
{n: magnetic field, magnetic flux, flux} the lines of force surrounding a permanent magnet or a moving charged particle
{n: magnetic flux} a measure of the strength of a magnetic field over a given area
{n: magnetic line of force} a line of force in a magnetic field
{n: magnetic moment, moment of a magnet} the torque exerted on a magnet or dipole when it is placed in a magnetic field
{n: magnetic pole} either of two points where the lines of force of the Earth's magnetic field are vertical
{n: magnetic resonance} resonance of electrons or atoms or molecules or nuclei to radiation frequencies as a result of space quantization in a magnetic field
{n: magnetic storm} a sudden disturbance of the earth's magnetic field; caused by emission of particles from the sun
{n: magnetism, magnetic attraction, magnetic force} attraction for iron; associated with electric currents as well as magnets; characterized by fields of force
{n: magnetograph} a scientific instrument that registers magnetic variations (especially variations of the earth's magnetic field)
{n: magnetohydrodynamics} the study of the interaction of magnetic fields and electrically conducting fluids (as plasma or molten metal)
{n: magnetometer, gaussmeter} a meter to compare strengths of magnetic fields
{n: magnetosphere} the magnetic field of a planet; the volume around the planet in which charged particles are subject more to the planet's magnetic field than to the solar magnetic field
{n: magnetron} a diode vacuum tube in which the flow of electrons from a central cathode to a cylindrical anode is controlled by crossed magnetic and electric fields; used mainly in microwave oscillators
{n: magnet} (physics) a device that attracts iron and produces a magnetic field
{n: major} a university student who is studying a particular field as the principal subject
"she is a linguistics major"
{n: major} the principal field of study of a student at a university
"her major is linguistics"
{n: mass} the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field
{n: maxwell, Mx} a cgs unit of magnetic flux equal to the flux perpendicular to an area of 1 square centimeter in a magnetic field of 1 gauss
{n: meadow buttercup, tall buttercup, tall crowfoot, tall field buttercup, Ranunculus acris} perennial European buttercup with yellow spring flowers widely naturalized especially in eastern North America
{n: meadow mushroom, field mushroom, Agaricus campestris} common edible mushroom found naturally in moist open soil; the cultivated mushroom of commerce
{n: microscopic field} the areas that is visible through a microscope
{n: mid-off} the fielding position in cricket closest to the bowler on the off side
{n: mid-on} the fielding position in cricket closest to the bowler on the on side
{n: midfield} (sports) the middle part of a playing field (as in football or lacrosse)
{n: mine field} a tract of land containing explosive mines
{n: moving-coil galvanometer} a galvanometer that is operated by the force exerted by an electric current flowing in a movable coil suspended in a magnetic field
{n: novice, beginner, tyro, tiro, initiate} someone new to a field or activity
{n: nuclear magnetic resonance, NMR, proton magnetic resonance} resonance of protons to radiation in a magnetic field
{n: oersted} the magnetic field strength 1 cm from a unit magnetic pole
{n: offside} (sport) the mistake of occupying an illegal position on the playing field (in football, soccer, ice hockey, field hockey, etc.)
{n: operational damage, operational casualty} loss of military equipment in field operations
{n: operative field} the area that is open during surgery
{n: organic light-emitting diode, OLED} a self-luminous diode (it glows when an electrical field is applied to the electrodes) that does not require backlighting or diffusers
{n: outdoor sport, field sport} a sport that is played outdoors
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