subfield
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of subfield
Example Sentences
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A subfield of AI, computer vision gives machines the ability to make sense of visual information like photos and videos.
From Barron's • May 19, 2026
Messrs. Curtin and Burgess show that the method underlying this subfield of economics can’t do what researchers claim it can.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026
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 • Jun. 3, 2024
That practice has spawned an entire subfield of scientific inquiry known as dendrochronology.
From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2024
I suffer the daily experience of being baffled by articles in my field, my subfield, even my sub-sub-subfield.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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