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  • 1Field (Bourdieu) — Field is one of the core concepts used by French social scientist Pierre Bourdieu. A field is a setting in which agents and their social positions are located. The position of each particular agent in the field is a result of interaction between… …

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  • 2field — field, domain, province, sphere, territory, bailiwick are comparable when they denote the limits in which a person, an institution, or a department of knowledge, of art, or of human endeavor appropriately or necessarily confines his or its… …

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  • 3field staff — ➔ staff1 * * * field staff UK US noun [U] WORKPLACE ► the people in an organization who work outside the office: »The scientist helped train field staff in mapping techniques …

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  • 4field-i|on microscope — «FEELD Y on, uhn», an extremely powerful microscope similar to the field emission microscope but using, instead of electrons, the ions of a gas near the emitting surface to produce a magnified image of the emitting surface on a flourescent… …

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  • 5field|craft — «FEELD KRAFT, KRAHFT», noun. Especially British. 1. skills appropriate to the battlefield: »The cadets have been practising command, tactics, radio, map reading, and fieldcraft in the Kyrenia Mountains area (Manchester Guardian). 2. knowledge… …

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  • 6Scientist — A scientist, in the broadest sense, refers to any person that engages in a systematic activity to acquire knowledge or an individual that engages in such practices and traditions that are linked to schools of thought or philosophy. In a more… …

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  • 7Field Museum of Natural History — FMNH redirects here. For the Florida Museum of Natural History, see FLMNH. Field Museum of Natural History U.S. National Register of Historic Places …

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  • 8field book — noun : a notebook used for keeping field notes in surveying * * * field book noun The notebook used by a surveyor in the field • • • Main Entry: ↑field * * * field book, a book used in field work for recording observations, as by surveyors,… …

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  • 9field — A central concept of physical theory. A field is defined by the distribution of a physical quantity, such as temperature, mass density, or potential energy, at different points in space. In the particularly important example of force fields, such …

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  • 10scientist — Researcher Re*search er ( [ e]r), n. One who conducts research. In the field of scientific research, also called an {investigator} or {scientist}. [1913 Webster] …

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