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
• FIELD (magazine), a literary magazine published by Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio
• Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago

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
• Field-programmability, an electronic device's capability of being reprogrammed with new logic

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.

Military

• Airfield (Military airbase)
• Field Force
• Field Officer
• Field Marshall
• Field Music (military)
• Field punishment

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

• Alexander P. Field, American politician
• Billy Field, Australian singer/songwriter
• 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
• David Field (actor) Australian actor and director
• Edwin Field (1872-1947), English rugby and cricket player
• Edwin Wilkins Field (1804–1871), English lawyer and painter
• Field Cate, American child actor
• Hartry Field, (b. 1946), philosopher working at New York University
• John Field (composer), 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
• William Field (American politician), Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 1855 to 1856
• William Field (Irish politician) (1848–1935), Nationalist (Parnellite) Member of Parliament for Dublin St Patrick's, 1892–1918
• William Field (Australian pastoralist) (1774-1837), convict turned Tasmanian businessman
• William Field (cricketer) (1816–1890), Tasmanian cricketer
• William J. Field (1909–2002), British Labour Party Member of Parliament for Paddington North 1946–1953
• William Ventris Field, 1st Baron Field (1813–1907), English judge

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
• Josh Fields (pitcher), an American baseball player for the Seattle Mariners
• Rich Fields, announcer for The Price is Right

Place names

• Field, British Columbia, Canada
• Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
• Field, Ontario, Canada
• Field Island, Nunavut, Canada
• Fields, Indiana, United States
• Fields, Oregon, United States
• Mount Field (disambiguation), several mountains

Objects

• Field (sculpture), a sculpture by Anthony Gormley

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