"force field" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: force fields [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} force field (plural force fields)
  1. (physics) A region of space (a vector field) in which a force operates; contains lines of force; a field of force. Categories (topical): Physics Synonyms: forcefield, force-field Translations (physics): kraftfelt [neuter] (Danish), voimakenttä (Finnish), күш өрісі (küş örısı) (Kazakh), силово́е по́ле (silovóje póle) [neuter] (Russian), campo de fuerzas [masculine] (Spanish), kraftfält [neuter] (Swedish), силове́ по́ле (sylové póle) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-force_field-en-noun-bS36kewG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 39 13 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 39 44 17 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 43 33 24 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'physics': 84 11 5
  2. (chemistry) A mathematical description of the potential energy of a system of atoms. Categories (topical): Chemistry Translations (chemistry): voimakenttä (Finnish), силове́ по́ле (sylové póle) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-force_field-en-noun-g8WIsox9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 39 13 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 39 44 17 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'chemistry': 0 100 0
  3. (science fiction) An invisible barrier used as a protective shield. Categories (topical): Science fiction, Fictional abilities Translations (science fiction): kraftfelt [neuter] (Danish), voimakenttä (Finnish), champ de force [masculine] (French), Energieschild [masculine] (German), Kraftfeld [neuter] (German), erőtér (Hungarian), scudo deflettore [masculine] (Italian), シールド (shīrudo) (Japanese), 실드 (sildeu) (Korean), mokowā tōpana (Maori), campo de força [masculine] (Portuguese), силово́е по́ле (silovóje póle) [neuter] (Russian), силово́й щит (silovój ščit) [masculine] (Russian), campo de fuerza [masculine] (Spanish), ngao ya nishati [class-9] (Swahili), kraftfält [neuter] (Swedish), силове́ по́ле (sylové póle) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-force_field-en-noun--vxUa4tl Disambiguation of Fictional abilities: 20 22 59 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 39 13 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 39 44 17 Topics: literature, media, publishing, science-fiction Disambiguation of 'science fiction': 12 15 72

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.