subfield

[ suhb-feeld ]

nounMathematics.

Origin of subfield

First recorded in 1945–50; sub- + field

This work, says Berger, launched the subfield of comparative genomics.
“Data, data, data” | Lydia Krasilnikova ’14, MEng ’16 | June 29, 2022 | MIT Technology Review
It wasn’t until the 1980s, Simberloff says, that it cohered into a subfield of scientists talking to each other and looking at invasions as a general phenomenon.
It’s time to stop demonizing “invasive” species | Marina Bolotnikova | November 28, 2021 | Vox
We traditionally think of robots as being manufactured out of hard, rigid materials, but the subfield of soft robotics takes a different approach.
This 3D-printed soft robotic hand beat the first level of Super Mario Bros. | Jennifer Ouellette | July 29, 2021 | Ars Technica
Known as the Langlands correspondence, the conjectured bridge offers hope of deepening our understanding of many subfields of mathematics.
The Year in Math and Computer Science | Bill Andrews | December 23, 2020 | Quanta Magazine
They are each now their own fields, each of which has sprouted subfields.
Why you don’t really know what you know | Katie McLean | October 21, 2020 | MIT Technology Review

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