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noun Mathematics.

a field that contains no proper subset that is itself a field.

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When Maryland fell apart against the Hawkeyes, the Terps had seven turnovers, leaving Iowa with prime field position to set up short touchdown drives.
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Domestically, the prime minister maintains the dubious line that he is the only man who can keep the still-fragile peace.
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The eating disorder field remains divided over the potential efficacy of such measures.
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“He was a brave field commander and an expert in intelligence, and in organizing popular and tribal forces,” said the eulogist.
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If anything, officer training and in-field policing methodologies reinforce those beliefs.
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Then the commercial weight loss behemoths Weight Watchers and Jenny Craig joined this crowded field.
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He distinguished himself in several campaigns, especially in the Peninsular war, and was raised to the rank of field marshal.
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We had six field-pieces, but we only took four, harnessed wit twice the usual number of horses.
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There were two battalions, together about a thousand men; and they brought a field-piece with them.
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But,” said the prime minister of Flatland, starting a difficulty, “who is to be greatest chief?
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The reveillée of the sleeping Mexicans was the discharge of our two field-pieces loaded with canister.
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