Definition of Field

Babylon English
field
v. go onto the field, take the field (about a sports team); receive the ball
n. area; domain, range; piece of land; space designated for an item of information in a record (Computers); surface; land designated for sports; composition of players; layer; area where a battle takes place; battle
adj. of an open area of ground

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Field Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries

FOLDOC
field
<datadatabase> An area of a database record, or graphical user interface form, into which a particular item of data is entered.
Example usage: "The telephone number field is not really a numerical field", "Why do we need a four-digit field for the year?".
database column is the set of all instances of a given field from all records in a table.
(1999-04-26)

Vb Glossary 1.0
field
field

A category of information stored in a table in a database ¾ a column of data. An element of a database table that contains a specific item of information, such as last name.

A Glossary of Internet & PC Terminology
Field
Records are comprised of Fields. Farms are also comprised of fields. Each Field within a record is used for a particular piece of information. Each field in a farm is used for a different crop. For Example, a company database may contain a record for each customer. A farm may be divided up into ten different fields for example. Each of these records may contain a field containing the customers telephone number another containing the Customers Credit status. The farm may have one field containing wheat another containing barley.

Multimedia Glossary
field
each specific piece of information, for a video signal, a set of lines produced in one sweep down the screen; for interlaced video, it takes two such fields to make a frame (complete image)

Digital Video (DV) & video edit terms / Eng2Eng v1.0 (web compilation)
FIELD
One-half of a television frame, containing all the odd or even scanning lines of the picture.

Field
One-half of a complete television picture consisting of one complete vertical scan of the video image containing 262.5 line for NTSC* and 312.5 lines for PAL. Two fields make up a complete television picture frame*. (See INTERLACING)

field
Half of a video frame, either the even or odd scan lines.

JDK Doc(JAVA)
Field
- class java.lang.reflect..Field 
public final class Field extends AccessibleObject implements Member 
Tree:java.lang.Object - java.lang.reflect.AccessibleObject - java.lang.reflect.Field
A Field provides information about, and dynamic access to, a single field of a class or an interface. The reflected field may be a class (static) field or an instance field.

DW and OLAP terms
field
An area in a window or record that stores a single data value. Some databases, such as Microsoft Access, use field as a synonym for column.

Television and Video Glossary
Field
Either just the even lines of an interlaced video image, or just the odd lines. A field is technically half of the picture.

Noman's Java(TM) Glossary
field
A data member of a class. Unless specified otherwise, a field is not static.

Video Essentials Glossary of Terms
Field
The picture information in an interlaced video system is divided up into two equal parts, called fields. A field is one-half of a frame or complete video picture. Adjacent lines in a TV picture are located in alternate fields.


Field Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries

WordNet 2.0
field

Noun
1. a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed; "he planted a field of wheat"
(hypernym) tract, piece of land, piece of ground, parcel of land, parcel
(hyponym) yard, grounds, curtilage
2. a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought; "they made a tour of Civil War battlefields"
(synonym) battlefield, battleground, field of battle, field of honor
(hypernym) tract, piece of land, piece of ground, parcel of land, parcel
(hyponym) Armageddon
(part-meronym) battlefront, front, front line
3. 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"
(hypernym) region
4. 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"
(synonym) discipline, subject, subject area, subject field, field of study, study, bailiwick, branch of knowledge
(hypernym) knowledge domain, knowledge base
(hyponym) occultism
5. the space around a radiating body within which its electromagnetic oscillations can exert force on another similar body not in contact with it
(synonym) field of force, force field
(hypernym) physical phenomenon
(hyponym) electric field
6. a particular kind of commercial enterprise; "they are outstanding in their field"
(synonym) field of operation, line of business
(hypernym) commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business
7. 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"
(synonym) sphere, domain, area, orbit, arena
(hypernym) environment
(hyponym) distaff
8. a piece of land prepared for playing a game; "the home crowd cheered when Princeton took the field"
(synonym) playing field, athletic field, playing area
(hypernym) tract, piece of land, piece of ground, parcel of land, parcel
(hyponym) arena, scene of action
(part-holonym) stadium, bowl, arena, sports stadium
(part-meronym) midfield
9. extensive tract of level open land; "they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain"; "he longed for the fields of his youth"
(synonym) plain, champaign
(hypernym) land, dry land, earth, ground, solid ground, terra firma
(hyponym) Olympia
10. (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"
(hypernym) set
(hyponym) scalar field
(classification) mathematics, math, maths
11. 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"
(synonym) field of operations, theater, theater of operations, theatre, theatre of operations
(hypernym) region
(part-holonym) theater of war, theatre of war
(part-meronym) combat zone, combat area
(classification) military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine
12. all of the horses in a particular horse race
(hypernym) set
(classification) horse racing
13. all the competitors in a particular contest or sporting event
(hypernym) set
14. a geographic region (land or sea) under which something valuable is found; "the diamond fields of South Africa"
(hypernym) geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region
(hyponym) coalfield
15. (computer science) a set of one or more adjacent characters comprising a unit of information
(hypernym) set
(hyponym) bit field
(classification) computer science, computing
16. the area that is visible (as through an optical instrument)
(synonym) field of view
(hypernym) visual percept, visual image
(hyponym) microscopic field
17. a place where planes take off and land
(synonym) airfield, landing field, flying field
(hypernym) facility, installation
(hyponym) airport, airdrome, aerodrome
(part-holonym) transportation system, transportation, transit
(part-meronym) apron

Verb
1. catch or pick up (balls) in baseball or cricket
(hypernym) handle, palm
(derivation) fielder, fieldsman
2. play as a fielder
(hypernym) play
(derivation) playing field, athletic field, playing area
(classification) sport, athletics
3. answer adequately or successfully; "The lawyer fielded all questions from the press"
(hypernym) answer, reply, respond
4. select (a team or individual player) for a game; "The Patriots fielded a young new quarterback for the Rose Bowl"
(hypernym) choose, take, select, pick out

The Phrase Finder
Back the field
Meaning
Back all the horses in a race except one, the favourite

Field day
Meaning
A special or enjoyable time.
Origin
Fairs and circuses usually set-up in fields.

Level playing field
Meaning
Fair competition, where no advantage is shown to either side.
Origin
Coined during the 1980s.

Australian Slang
Field
(horseracing) 1. all of the horses running in a race: “running at the tail end of the field”; “not hampered by a big field”; 2. lay odds; work as a bookmaker ; 3. the field - call used by bookmakers in order to drum up business, meaning that the favourite is offered at the odds called out and all other horses are at better odds: "Six to four the field!"


A certain odd the field
call used by bookmakers in order to drum up business, meaning that the favourite is offered at the odds called out and all other horses are at better odds: “Six to four the field!”


Field a book
be a bookmaker

Field them
be a bookmaker


Play the field
1. have as many flirtations as possible; 2. keep oneself open to advantage from a number of sources


The field
call used by bookmakers in order to drum up business, meaning that the favourite is offered at the odds called out and all other horses are at better odds: “Six to four the field!”


Were you born in a fieldWere you born in a field
phrase used to reprimand a person who has forgotten to close a door

Anagram
field
filed

hEnglish - advanced version
field

field
\field\ (?), n. [oe. feld, fild, as. feld; akin to d. veld, g. feld, sw. f?lt, dan. felt, icel. fold field of grass, as. folde earth, land, ground, os. folda.]
1. cleared land; land suitable for tillage or pasture; cultivated ground; the open country.
2. a piece of land of considerable size; esp., a piece inclosed for tillage or pasture. fields which promise corn and wine.
3. a place where a battle is fought; also, the battle itself. in this glorious and well-foughten field. what though the field be lost?
4. an open space; an extent; an expanse. esp.: (a) any blank space or ground on which figures are drawn or projected. (b) the space covered by an optical instrument at one view. without covering, save yon field of stars. ask of yonder argent fields above.
5. (her.) the whole surface of an escutcheon; also, so much of it is shown unconcealed by the different bearings upon it. see illust. of fess, where the field is represented as gules (red), while the fess is argent (silver).
6. an unresticted or favorable opportunity for action, operation, or achievement; province; room. afforded a clear field for moral experiments.
7. a collective term for all the competitors in any outdoor contest or trial, or for all except the favorites in the betting.
8. (baseball) that part of the grounds reserved for the players which is outside of the diamond; -- called also outfield.
note: field is often used adjectively in the sense of belonging to, or used in, the fields; especially with reference to the operations and equipments of an army during a campaign away from permanent camps and fortifications. in most cases such use of the word is sufficiently clear; as, field battery; field fortification; field gun; field hospital, etc. a field geologist, naturalist, etc., is one who makes investigations or collections out of doors. a survey uses a field book for recording field notes, i.e., measurment, observations, etc., made in field work (outdoor operations). a farmer or planter employs field hands, and may use a field roller or a field derrick. field sports are hunting, fishing, athletic games, etc.


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Concise English-Irish Dictionary v. 1.1
field
crops: gort
little field: guirtín
pasture field: páirc

English Phonetics

JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary
Aerfan
Aerfan = n. a field of battle

Cadlan
Cadlan = n. a field of battle

Cadwent
Cadwent = n. a field of battle

Cae
Cae = n. an inclosure, a hedge, a field; a. inclosed, shut, close

Maesol
Maesol = a. belonging to the field, champaign

Tranial
Tranial = n. field of battle


Field Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries

EIA Energy Glossary
Field
An area consisting of a single reservoir or multiple reservoirs all grouped on, or related to, the same individual geological structural feature and/or stratigraphic condition. There may be two or more reservoirs in a field that are separated vertically by intervening impervious strata or laterally by local geologic barriers, or by both.

Dictionary of Automotive Terms
Field
1. The area covered or filled with an electric, magnetic, or gravitational force. See magnetic field .
2. A particular body of interest or expertise

Telecommunication Standard Terms
field
1. The volume of influence of a physical phenomenon, expressed vectorially. 2. On a data medium or in storage, a specified area used for a particular class of data, e.g. , a group of character positions used to enter or display wage rates on a screen. 3. Defined logical data that are part of a record. 4. The elementary unit of a record that may contain a data item, a data aggregate, a pointer, or a link. 5. In an interlaced, raster-scanned video display, a partial frame, consisting of every nth scanning line of a complete frame, where n is an integer equal to the number of fields (usually two) in a complete frame. Note 1: For example, in the National Television Standards Committee (NTSC) television specification used in the United States, a single frame is composed of two fields, each of which has half the number xxof scanning lines in a complete frame. The scanning lines of a field are separated by twice the space between the scanning lines in the full frame. The two fields are interlaced, i.e. , a complete frame consists of the following traces, which are listed in the order of their appearance in the complete frame, but not the order in which scanning occurs: the first line of the first field, the first line of the second field, the second line of the first field, the second line of the second field, the third line of the first field, the third line of the second field, etc. , until completion of the full frame. The fields are scanned alternately, one complete field at a time. Thus, the flicker rate of the display is perceived by the eye to be twice as fast as that which would result if the complete frame were to be scanned in line-by-line order. Note 2 : Not all scanning lines are necessarily applied to user information, i.e. , the graphic display. Certain scanning lines, not seen under ordinary viewing conditions, are often used for transmitting test signals that indicate the quality of the displayed video.

Fishery Glossary
Field
An attribute of a data record, may comprise sub-fields. Chidley et al. (1993).

RF Electronics
Field
One of the two or more equal parts into which a frame is divided in interlaced scanning. In interlaced scan systems, the information for one picture is divided up into two fields. Each field contains one half of the lines required to produce the entire picture. Adjacent lines in the picture are in alternate fields.


Field Definition from Social Science Dictionaries & Glossaries

Dream Dictionary
Field
To dream of dead corn or stubble fields, indicates to the dreamer dreary prospects for the future.

To see green fields, or ripe with corn or grain, denotes great abundance and happiness to all classes.

To see newly plowed fields, denotes early rise in wealth and fortunate advancement to places of honor.

To see fields freshly harrowed and ready for planting, denotes that you are soon to benefit by your endeavor and long struggles for success.

See Cornfields and Wheat.
  

The Knighthood, Chivalry & Tournaments Arms and Armour Glossary
Field
The surface on a heraldic shield , the base color or metal upon which the primary chief or division is placed upon.

Dream Symbols
Field
Healing, harmony


Field Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries

Glossary of Technical Theatre Terms
FIELD
Refers to the spread of light intensity across a beam. Most profile lanterns have an adjustable field. A Flat field has an even distribution, a peak field has a "hot spot" in the centre of the beam. A flat field is essential when using gobos. See Profile.

Theological and Philosophical Biography and Dictionary
Field
See Field theory

English-Latin Online Dictionary
field
campus, ager (agri)


Field Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries

Glossary of petroleum Industry
FIELD
The area encompassing a group of producing oil and gas wells; a pool. An oil field may include one or more pools, and have wells producing from several different formations at different depths. A roughly contiguous grouping of wells in an identified area. Some of the early prolific fields were; East Texas. Seminole, Cushing, Oklahoma City, and West Texas. Large areas that used to be designated as fields are now identified as districts, e.g. Appalachian Mid-Continent, Gulf Coast. Rocky Mountain and Permian Basin.


Field Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries

film and video
Field
The picture information in an interlaced video system is divided up into two equal parts, called fields. A field is one-half of a frame or complete video picture. Adjacent lines in a TV picture are located in alternate fields. 2. One-half of a video field, comprising the odd or even scan lines. There are 60 fields in one second of video.

american horse racing dictionary
field
The horses in a race.

English to Federation-Standard Golic Vulcan
Field (n.)
solai (meadow, etc.); vunai (electromagnetic, etc.)

English - Klingon
field
n. yotlh - of land
n. chem - in physics

energy field
n. HoSchem

force field
n. Surchem

warp field
n. pIvchem


Field Definition from Government Dictionaries & Glossaries

UK Post Codes and Counties
Field
County:  Staffordshire
Post Code: ST14

Australian GPS + Postcode Town Index
FIELD SA
SA -35.82341 139.6638 5265


Field Definition from Religion & Spirituality Dictionaries & Glossaries

Easton's Bible Dictionary
Field
(Heb. sadeh), a cultivated field, but unenclosed. It is applied to any cultivated ground or pasture (Gen. 29:2; 31:4; 34:7), or tillage (Gen. 37:7; 47:24). It is also applied to woodland (Ps. 132:6) or mountain top (Judg. 9:32, 36; 2 Sam. 1:21). It denotes sometimes a cultivated region as opposed to the wilderness (Gen. 33:19; 36:35). Unwalled villages or scattered houses are spoken of as "in the fields" (Deut. 28:3, 16; Lev. 25:31; Mark 6:36, 56). The "open field" is a place remote from a house (Gen. 4:8; Lev. 14:7, 53; 17:5). Cultivated land of any extent was called a field (Gen. 23:13, 17; 41:8; Lev. 27:16; Ruth 4:5; Neh. 12:29).

Smith's Bible Dictionary
Field

The Hebrew sadeh is applied to any cultivated ground, and in some instances in marked opposition to the neighboring wilderness. On the other hand the sadeh is frequently contrasted with what is enclosed, whether a vineyard, a garden or a walled town. In many passages the term implies what is remote from a house, (Genesis 4:8; 24:63; 22:25) or settled habitation, as in the case of Esau. (Genesis 25:27) The separate plots of ground were marked off by stones, which might easily be removed, (19:14; 27:17) cf. Job 24:2; Prov 22:28; 23:10 The absence of fences rendered the fields liable to damage from straying cattle, (Exodus 22:5) or fire, (Exodus 22:6; 2 Samuel 14:30) hence the necessity of constantly watching flocks and herds. From the absence of enclosures, cultivated land of any size might be termed a field.
  


Field Definition from Society & Culture Dictionaries & Glossaries

Environmental Engineering (English ver.)
FIELD
(1) A broad, level, open expanse of land; a meadow. (2) A cultivated expanse of land, especially one devoted to a particular crop. (3) A portion of land or a geologic formation containing a specified natural resource. (4) A wide, unbroken expanse, as of ice.

The Scotch Whisky by SDA v.4.20
Field's
Field's, Blended Whisky Scotch Whisky
Field's 8 YO, De Luxe Blended Whisky Scotch Whisky
By: Field Brothers (Aberdeen, Scotland)


Field Definition from Sports Dictionaries & Glossaries

Worldgolf
field
The players in a tournament

Dictionary Soccer
Field
The rectangular area where football/soccer matches are played


Field Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries

Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia
Field
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