airfieldn.
/ˈɛːfiːld/, U.S. /ˈɛrˌfild/ΚΠ
1846 J. Harris Pre-Adamite Earth iv. 132 Every leaf is silently feeding on the great air-field around it.
2. Magnetism. Usually in form air field. A magnetic field in air, spec. in the space around a magnet.
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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > magnetism > [noun] > magnetic field > type of field
magnetic mirror1884
airfield1890
magnetic bottle1957
1890 U.S. Patent 422,999 2/1 Connecting-blocks of cast or wrought iron B B make the field-pole a solid structure,..assisting the passage of the magnetic lines across the air-field between the field-poles and armature.
1930 Brit. Patent 335,283 3/2 In order to obtain the cylindrical arrangement of the air field, the head of the magnet limb L has a packet of stampings V attached to it.
1949 S. S. Attwood Electric & Magn. Fields (ed. 3) 200 An originally uniform air field E0 = 500,000 volts per meter.
2003 E. N. Ganic & T. H. Hicks McGraw-Hill's Engin. Compan. xvi. 42 The remaining equations..apply only to a uniform air field wherein l is the length of the flux path.
3. An area of land where aircraft (esp. non-commercial aeroplanes) are accommodated and maintained and may take off or land. Cf. aerodrome n.2 2 and airport n.2
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society > travel > air or space travel > airfield or airport > [noun] > airfield
satellite airfield1904
air park1908
field1910
airfield1919
flying field1927
satellite aerodrome1940
1919 Times 12 Apr. 12/3 The agent of the Martinsyde party is making a special effort to get the machine landed and rushed to the airfield at Quidi Vici.
1940 B. Ward Russian Foreign Policy 30 The Baltic States..‘acquiesced’ in the cession of islands, the leasing of harbours and airfields.
1975 R. O. Freedman Soviet Policy ii. 26 Nasser had to grant to the Soviet Union exclusive control over a number of Egyptian airfields.
2007 N.Y. Mag. 19 Feb. 38/3 (caption) This massive ‘energy blanket’ would..reduce the airfield's contribution to summertime urban heat effect.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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