Field of force
noun
1.
the region of space surrounding a body, such as a charged particle or a magnet, within which it can exert a force on another similar body not in contact with it See also electric field, magnetic field, gravitational field
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- Fifty-four-forty or Fight
[fif-tee-fawr-fawr-tee, -fohr-] /ˈfɪf tiˌfɔrˈfɔr ti, -ˌfoʊr-/ U.S. History. 1. a slogan popular in 1846, especially among Democrats, who asserted U.S. ownership of the entire Oregon country, including the part that Great Britain claimed between 49° and 54° 40prime; N latitude.
- Fifty-fourth
[fif-tee-fawrth, -fohrth] /ˈfɪf tiˈfɔrθ, -ˈfoʊrθ/ adjective 1. next after the fifty-third; being the ordinal number for 54. 2. being one of 54 equal parts. noun 3. a fifty-fourth part, especially of one (1/54). 4. the fifty-fourth member of a series.
- Fifty-nine
[fif-tee-nahyn] /ˈfɪf tiˈnaɪn/ noun 1. a cardinal number, 50 plus 9. 2. a symbol for this number, as 59 or LIX. 3. a set of this many persons or things. adjective 4. amounting to 59 in number.