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When will you ever answer the question above of which I asked?
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Brendan,<BR><BR>First, we had to check which question was yours since you didn't indicate a subject line, and then we found: <BR><BR>What exactly is a field (area of activity, interest, knowledge, or study)<BR><BR>We apologize for a delayed response, however this answer is readily accessible in a dictionary. Here are a few examples from online dictionaries:<BR><BR><A href=http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=field">http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=field</A><BR>and<BR><A href=http://www.yourdictionary.com/ahd/f/f0107000.html">http://www.yourdictionary.com/ahd/f/f0107000.html</A><BR>both say the same<BR>Definition 5:<BR>
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<LI type=a>An area of human activity or interest: <CITE>several fields of endeavor.</CITE>
<LI type=a>A topic, subject, or area of academic interest or specialization.
<LI type=a>Profession, employment, or business.
<LI type=a>An area or setting of practical activity or application outside an office, school, factory, or laboratory: <CITE>biologists working in the field; a product tested in the field.</CITE>
<LI type=a>An area or region where business activities are conducted: <CITE>sales representatives in the field.</CITE> </LI></OL>
<P><A href=http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_/field.html">http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_/field.html</A><BR>Slightly different definition:<BR><SPAN class=ResultBodyBlack>5. <B>area of activity: </B></SPAN><SPAN class=ResultBody>an activity or subject, especially one that is somebody's particular responsibility, specialty, or interest</SPAN><BR><BR>Your own librarian can help you find other definitions.<BR><BR>If you are interested in some fields of science, I found a great response to a similar question, about how many kinds of "-ologies" or "-ologists" are there?<BR><A href=http://vrd.askvrd.org/index.asp?id=11257">http://vrd.askvrd.org/index.asp?id=11257</A><BR>This answer is from a librarian with the Virtual Reference Desk project and her reply is:<BR><EM>I had some success by using the search engine Google at: <BR></EM><A href=http://www.google.com" target=_BLANK><EM>http://www.google.com</EM></A><EM> <BR>and searching for: <BR>ology list <BR>I started with 'ologist', but didn't find anything real useful so I changed it. <BR><BR>-ology <BR></EM><A href=http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclopedia/_/o/-ology.htm" target=_BLANK><EM>http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclopedia/<BR>_/o/-ology.htm</EM></A><EM> <BR>As you can tell from the URL this is part of an encyclopedia. It gives the definition, etymology, usage, and more; then goes on to give a list. It goes all the way from "Acarology, the study of ticks and mites" to "Tropology, the use of tropes in speech or writing". Following this there is a list of external links. That's where I found the next couple of sites. <BR><BR>Ologies <BR></EM><A href=http://outreach.rice.edu/~dgabby/science/ologies" target=_BLANK><EM>http://outreach.rice.edu/~dgabby/science/ologies</EM></A><EM>/ <BR>These are science-related and run from "acarology--mites and ticks" to "zoology--animals". <BR><BR>Sciences and Studies <BR></EM><A href=http://phrontistery.info/sciences.html" target=_BLANK><EM>http://phrontistery.info/sciences.html</EM></A><EM> <BR>The introduction says, "This list defines over 600 sciences, arts and studies of various degrees of respectability and rarity..." Not all of these are ologies, but most are. </EM><BR><BR>We hope this helps,<BR>AskNSDL Staff</P>
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