Field
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Field or Fields may refer to:
- Field (agriculture), an area of land used to cultivate crops for agricultural purposes
- Field (mathematics), one of a class of objects studied in abstract algebra, in which one can add, subtract, multiply, and divide.
- Field of sets, a mathematical structure of sets in an abstract space
- Field (physics), an assignment of a quantity to every point of space
- Field (computer science), a smaller piece of data from a larger collection (eg, database fields)
- Field (sculpture), a sculpture by Anthony Gormley
- Field (video), one half of a frame in an interlaced display
- Field (heraldry), the background of a shield
- Field (Bourdieu), a sociological term coined by Pierre Bourdieu to describe the system of objective relations constituted by various species of capital
- Fields (department store), a chain of discount department stores operating in the Canadian provinces of Alberta and British Columbia
- Fields (band), an electronic/indie band formed in London
- Visual field or field of view, the area visible from a point of view (it can be a camera or an eye)
- Playing field, in sports, the area in which the sport is played
- Depth of field, in photography, the distance to the subject of the photograph
- Field Gallery, a gallery that was part of the Portland millennial art renaissance
- Field and Stream, a US magazine featuring hunting, fishing, and other outdoor activities
- Field, British Columbia
- In flag terminology, the background of a flag
People called Field
- Cyrus West Field (1819–1892), an American businessman and financier who led the Atlantic Telegraph Company
- David Dudley Field (1805–1894), an American lawyer and law reformer
- Erastus Salisbury Field
- Eugene Field (1850-1895), American writer and children's poet.
- Hartry Field (1946–), a philosopher working at New York University
- John Field (1782-1837), composer who invented the nocturne
- Marshall Field (1834–1906), the founder of Marshall Field and Company, a chain of department stores
- * Marshall Field III
- * Marshall Field IV
- Michael Field (pseudonym), the pseudonym of Katherine Bradley and Edith Cooper
- Michael Field (Australian politician), the Premier of Tasmania
- Nathaniel Field (1587–1620),an English dramatist and actor
- Sally Field (1946–), an American movie and television actress
- Stephen Johnson Field (1816–1899), an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court and Justice of the California Supreme Court
- Ted Field (1953-), a music producer, movie producer, and heir to the Marshall Field's department store fortune
People called Fields
- Dorothy Fields (1905–1974), an American librettist and lyricist
- James Thomas Fields (1817–1881), American publisher and author
- John Charles Fields (1863–1932), a mathematician
- P. J. C. Field, British professor of Arthurian Literature
- W. C. Fields (1880–1946), an American comedian and actor
- Chris "Fields" Wheatcroft, pianist of the alternative rock band Morning Runner
See also
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