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  • 51field — {{11}}field (n.) O.E. feld plain, open land (as opposed to woodland), also a parcel of land marked off and used for pasture or tillage, probably related to O.E. folde earth, land, from P.Gmc. *felthuz flat land (common West Germanic, Cf. O.S.,… …

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  • 52field — noun 1》 an area of open land, especially one planted with crops or pasture.     ↘a piece of land used for a sport or game.     ↘a large area of land or water completely covered in snow or ice.     ↘an area rich in a natural product, typically oil …

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  • 53field — A definite area of plane surface, considered in relation to some specific object. [A.S. feld] auditory f. the space included within the limits of hearing of a definite sound, as of a tuning fork …

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  • 54field — A central concept of physical theory. A field is defined by the distribution of a physical quantity, such as temperature, mass density, or potential energy, at different points in space. In the particularly important example of force fields, such …

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  • 55field — See: CENTER FIELD, LEFT FIELD, OUT IN LEFT FIELD, PLAY THE FIELD, RIGHT FIELD …

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  • 56field — See: CENTER FIELD, LEFT FIELD, OUT IN LEFT FIELD, PLAY THE FIELD, RIGHT FIELD …

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  • 57Field — (as used in expressions) Bosworth Field, batalla de Field, Marshall Field, Sally Field, Stephen J(ohnson) field trial Stockton, Robert F(ield) …

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  • 58field — See: center field, left field, out in left field, play the field, right field …

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  • 59field — 1. noun 1) a large ploughed field Syn: meadow, pasture, paddock, grassland 2) a football field Syn: pitch, ground; Brit.; informal park 3) the field of b …

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  • 60Field — I Field   [engl.], Feld. II Field   [fiːld],    1) Cyrus, amerikanischer Unternehmer, * Stockbridge (Massachusetts) 30. 11. 1819, ✝ Dobbs Ferry (N. Y.) 12. 7. 1892; verlegte 1858 das erste, im gleichen Jahr zerstörte Tiefseekabel zwischen… …

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