subfield
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of subfield
Example Sentences
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The public relations industry has a related subfield called “crisis communications”—the art of preparing for, and reacting to, adverse publicity.
From Slate
Discola studies criminal victimology, a subfield of criminology focused on the victim experience.
From Slate
Computer vision is a subfield of AI that deals with the ability of computers to interpret and analyze visual data from the world.
From Science Daily
That practice has spawned an entire subfield of scientific inquiry known as dendrochronology.
From New York Times
But in this subfield of math, the only rule is that nothing ever adds up.
From Slate
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