field theory

American  

noun

Physics.

1. a detailed mathematical description of the distribution and movement of matter under the influence of one or more fields.

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field theory Scientific  

1. An explicit mathematical description of physical phenomena that models physical forces using fields.

2. The study of fields and field extensions in algebra.

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Etymology

Origin of field theory

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

The name of their elephant is unified field theory.

From The Wall Street Journal

This is especially true for quantum field theory and the Standard Model of Particle Physics, which is the most thoroughly tested scientific theory ever created and has passed experimental checks with extraordinary precision.

From Science Daily

At this point, water displays scale invariance symmetry, and its behavior can be captured using conformal field theory.

From Science Daily

In quantum field theory, when a not-so-stable state transforms into the true stable state, it's called "false vacuum decay."

From Science Daily

Quantum field theory has predicted that subregions of a system of many entangled particles can be assigned a temperature profile.

From Science Daily