field

1. A region or area with a particular mineral resource, for example, a gold field. 2. That area or space in which a particular geophysical effect, such as gravity or magnetism, occurs and can be measured.

Related terms:

• atmospheric electric field
• condensate field
• ambient stress field
• axial dipole field
• ice field
• geomagnetic field
• field changes
• in-place stress field
• primary stress field
• residual stress field