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subfields

subfields is the plural of subfield.

Meaning of subfield

Noun

subfield (plural subfields)

  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.
    • Let us describe in general the subfield generated by a given element. Let K be a given field, F a subfield of K, and c an element of K. Consider those elements of K which are given by polynomial expressions of the...1953, Garrett Birkhoff with Saunders Mac Lane, A Survey Of Modern Algebra, Revised edition, U.S.A.: The Macmillan Company, published 1960, §XIV.1, page 394

Questions about subfields

What is subfields the plural of?
Subfields is the plural of subfield.

Words near subfields in the dictionary

  1. subfibril
  2. subfibrillar
  3. subfibrils
  4. subfibrous
  5. subfield
  6. subfields
  7. subfigure
  8. subfigures
  9. subfilamental
  10. subfile
  11. subfiles

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