Field - Definition and Overview

• A field is an open land area, used for growing agricultural crops. In Australia and New Zealand a field as defined above, particularly one for grass grazing, is called a paddock.
• When applied to a subject, a field is the area or set of topics which the subject covers.
• In heraldry, the field is the background of the shield; see field (heraldry).
  • Likewise, in flag terminology, a field is the background of the flag.
• In mathematics, a field is an algebraic structure in which one can add, subtract, multiply and divide, similar to the real numbers; see field (mathematics).
• In physics and vector calculus, a field (physics) is an assignment of a quantity to every point of space.
• In computer science, a field (computer science) is one part, usually named, of multipart data. Databases and programming languages use fields when working with composite data.
• In art, Field is a sculpture by Anthony Gormley; see Field (sculpture).
• In photography, depth of field is the distance to the subject of the photograph.
• In sports, a playing field is the area in which the sport is played.

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