English Explanatory Dictionary

subfield

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A smaller, more specialized area of study or occupation within a larger one
  2. A subring of a field, containing the multiplicative identity and closed under inversion.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-subfield.wav

Word forms

subfield subfields

Etymology

From sub- + field.

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