subfield

[ suhb-feeld ]

noun

, Mathematics.

1. a field that is a subset of a given field.

Word History and Origins

Origin of subfield¹

First recorded in 1945–50; sub- + field

Example Sentences

Discola studies criminal victimology, a subfield of criminology focused on the victim experience.

From Slate

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

That practice has spawned an entire subfield of scientific inquiry known as dendrochronology.

From New York Times

But in this subfield of math, the only rule is that nothing ever adds up.

From Slate

There is a subfield of military medicine dedicated to studying how much people can carry, how fast they can walk while carrying it, how tired they’ll be at the end of a given walk-while-carrying, and how to prevent injury in the course of doing all that.

From Slate