Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A subdivision of a field of study; a subdiscipline.
  • noun Mathematics A field that is a subset of another field.

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

Etymologies

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sub- +‎ field

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