Field

Field or fields may refer to:

• Field (agriculture), an area of land used to cultivate crops, or to keep livestock
• Field of study, a branch of knowledge
• Playing field, in sports, the area in which the sport is played
• Field of view, the area of a view imaged by a lens
• Field of use, the subject matter of a patent license limited to some but not all uses of the invention
• Visual field, the part of the field of view which can be perceived by the eye's retina
• Depth of field, in photography, the distance in front of and beyond the subject that appears to be in focus

Science and mathematics

• Electric field, the effect of electric charged objects on surrounding space.
• Field (mathematics), an algebraic structure with an addition and a multiplication operation satisfying the ordinary axioms of arithmetic.
• Scalar field, a mapping that assigns scalar values to points in space
• Vector field, a mapping that assigns vector values to points in space
• Tensor field, a mapping that assigns tensor values to points in space
• Field (physics), the presence of a quantity at every point of space
• Field (geography), with a definition similar to that of physics but in a different context and using unique models and methods
• Field (computer science), a smaller piece of data from a larger collection (e.g., database fields)
• Field of sets, a mathematical structure of sets in an abstract space
• Field winding or field magnet, the stator of an electric motor

Sociology and politics

• Field (Bourdieu), a sociological term coined by Pierre Bourdieu to describe the system of objective relations constituted by various species of capital
• Field Department, the division of a political campaign tasked with organizing local volunteers and directly contacting voters: see Political campaign staff, Field/Ground Department
• Sexual field, a term that describes systems of objective relations within collective sexual life.

Other technical uses

• Field (video), one half of a frame in an interlaced display
• Field (heraldry), the background of a shield
• Field, in flag terminology, the background of a flag

Persons

Field

• Cyrus West Field (American businessman and financier), responsible for the first Transatlantic Cable
• David Dudley Field II (American lawyer), constructed the foundation for the codification of present day common law
• Hartry Field, (b. 1946), a philosopher working at New York University
• John Field (composer), an Irish classical music composer
• Joshua Field (engineer), British civil engineer
• Marshall Field, Founder of Marshall Field and Company
• Marshall Field III, Founder of the Chicago Sun
• Marshall Field IV, Owner of the Chicago Sun-Times
• Michael Field (author), the pen-name used by poets and lovers Katherine Bradley and Edith Cooper
• Noel Field, Central character of several show trials in Eastern Europe during the 1950s
• Sally Field, American actress
• Todd Field, American film director
• The Field (musician), Axel Willner, a Swedish electronic musician

Fields

• John Charles Fields, a Canadian and founder of the Fields Medal
• Totie Fields, an American comedian
• W.C. Fields, an American comedian
• John Fields (Producer), an American music producer/songwriter
• Josh Fields (infielder)|, an American baseball player for the Chicago White Sox

Place names

• Field, British Columbia, Canada
• Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
• Field Island, Nunavut, Canada
• Fields, Indiana, United States
• Fields, Oregon, United States

Objects

• Field (sculpture), a sculpture by Anthony Gormley
• Murray Field Airport

Brand names

• Fields (department store), a chain of discount department stores operating in the Canadian provinces of Alberta and British Columbia
• Field's, a shopping centre in Denmark
• Field and Stream, a US magazine featuring hunting, fishing, and other outdoor activities
• Field Records, a record label
• Fields (band), an indie rock band

See also

• The Field (disambiguation)
• Meadow
• Paddock
• Fielding
• Feld
• Fields Medal