subfield
[ suhb-feeld ]
/ ˈsʌbˌfild /
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noun Mathematics.
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Example sentences from the Web for subfield
Known as the Langlands correspondence, the conjectured bridge offers hope of deepening our understanding of many subfields of mathematics.
They are each now their own fields, each of which has sprouted subfields.