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force field - the space around a radiating body within which its electromagnetic oscillations can exert force on another similar body not in contact with it

field of force, field

physical phenomenon - a natural phenomenon involving the physical properties of matter and energy

electric field - a field of force surrounding a charged particle

gravitational field - a field of force surrounding a body of finite mass

magnetic field, magnetic flux, flux - the lines of force surrounding a permanent magnet or a moving charged particle

radiation field - a field that represents the energy lost from the radiator to space

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force field

n (Phys) → campo di forze

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They showed three shapes of acoustic force field work; one resembling a pair of tweezers, a vortex that sucks objects in and a "cage" that surrounds them.

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The team created three different types of "acoustic force fields" to work as a tractor beam for different applications, including a force field that works like a tweezer, a vortex and "a high-intensity cage that surrounds the objects and holds them in place from all directions."

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The force field for a typical protein can be given as a sum of the various components including bond stretching and bending, torsional potentials and non-bonded interactions.

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Former US Open champion McDowell was quoted saying that 14-time major winner Woods has "lost that sort of force field of invincibility around him."

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This result is in agreement with the GROMACS recommendation, which is followed from force field development [24-27].

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The force field analysis was pioneered by the German-American psychologist Kurt Lewin.