Field

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Contents 1 Place names 2 Objects 3 People called Field 4 People called Fields 5 See also

Field or fields may refer to:

• Field of study, a branch of knowledge
• 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 (geography), with a definition similar to that of physics but in a different context and using unique models and methods
• Field (politics), the division of political campaigns tasked with organizing local volunteers and directly contacting voters
• 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 medal, the most prestigious award of mathematics
• 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 and Stream, a US magazine featuring hunting, fishing, and other outdoor activities
• In flag terminology, the background of a flag

[edit] Place names

• Field, British Columbia
• Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota

[edit] Objects

• Field Gallery, a gallery that was part of the Portland millennial art renaissance
• Murray Field Airport

[edit] 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 (composer) (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
• Sherri Field (1972–), Canadian field hockey player
• 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

[edit] People called Fields

• Debbi Fields, founder of Mrs. Fields cookies
• 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
• Dame Gracie Fields (1898–1979), English singer and comedian
• Chris "Fields" Wheatcroft, pianist of the alternative rock band Morning Runner

[edit] See also

• Meadow
• Paddock
• Fielding

• Feld-