field of force

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsfieldforce field

   Broaderphysical phenomenon

   Narrowerelectric fieldgravitational fieldmagnetic fieldradiation field

Questions about field of force

What does field of force mean?

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

What is another word for field of force?

Close synonyms include field, force field. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is field of force a common word?

field of force is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.