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hyperfields

hyperfields is the plural of hyperfield.

Meaning of hyperfield

Noun

hyperfield (plural hyperfields)

  1. A field in which the operation of addition is multivalued
  2. A region of the visual field that maps to multiple hypercolumns.
    • In this model it is assumed that each hemiretina consists of thousands of hemicircular regions called 'hyperfields', arranged in a sunflower seed growth pattern mosaic, which map topographically onto a corresponding square mosaic of regions in the striate cortex called hypercolumns.1985, David Rose, Vernon G. Dobson, Models of the Visual Cortex, page 185
  3. One of various fictional fields in which special physical properties are supported.
    • It would take a phenomenally advanced technology to create that; but then, as we've all suddenly been granted superhuman powers, quantum hyperfield theory is the least of our problems.2002 -, Peter F. Hamilton -, Misspent Youth

Questions about hyperfields

What is hyperfields the plural of?
Hyperfields is the plural of hyperfield.

Words near hyperfields in the dictionary

  1. hyperfibrosis
  2. hyperfiction
  3. hyperfictional
  4. hyperfictions
  5. hyperfield
  6. hyperfields
  7. hyperfilamentation
  8. hyperfilamentous
  9. hyperfiltered
  10. hyperfilterer
  11. hyperfilterers

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