English Explanatory Dictionary

wakefield

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The electron density wave structure which immediately follows an intense laser beam or relativistic charged particle beam as it passes through a plasma; the electric field or potential associated with such a structure.
name
  1. An industrial city and metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England; traditionally a centre for the cloth and coal industries.
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.
  3. The prison in Wakefield, established 1594.
  4. A number of places in the United States:
  5. A ghost town in Washington County, Alabama.
  6. An unincorporated community in Richland County, Illinois.
  7. An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Indiana.
  8. A minor city in Clay County, Kansas.
  9. An unincorporated community in Spencer County, Kentucky.
  10. An unincorporated community in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana.
  11. A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
  12. A city and township in Gogebic County, Michigan.

Pronunciation

/ˈweɪkfiːld/ /ˈweːkfɪld/

Word forms

wakefield wakefields

Etymology

From wake + field.

Derived words

plasma wakefield acceleration
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