(algebra) A field which has an order relation satisfying these properties: trichotomy, transitivity, preservation of an inequality when the same element is added to both sides, and preservation of an inequality when the same strictly positive element is multiplied to both sides.

plural of field emission microscope

A surname.

plural of Fielden

a type of hollow clay drainage pipe laid end to end mainly in agricultural fields, with a small gap between each one so water can seep into the pipe.

plural of field tile

(algebra) A field all of whose elements can be represented as ordered pairs each of whose components belong to a given integral domain, such that the second component is non-zero, and so that the additive operator is defined like so: (a,b)+(a',b')=(ab'+a'b,bb'), the multiplicative operator is defined coordinate-wise, the zero is (0,1), the unity is (1,1), the additive inverse of (a,b) is (-a,b), equivalence is defined like so: (a,b)≡(a',b') if and only if ab'=a'b, and multiplicative inverse of a non-zero–equivalent element (a,b) is (b,a).

A type of domestic pea grown for use as a dry seed rather than as a vegetable.

plural of field pea

Rattus sordidus (syn. Rattus conatus), a burrowing species that forms underground colonies, found in Australia. / Rattus tunneyi, found in a variety of habitats, found in north and eastern Austrlia