Hyperfield
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A field in which the operation of addition is multivalued
- 2 A region of the visual field that maps to multiple hypercolumns.
"In this model it is assumed that each hemiretina consists of thousands of hemicircular regions called 'hyperfields', arranged in a sunflower seed growth pattern mosaic, which map topographically onto a corresponding square mosaic of regions in the striate cortex called hypercolumns."
- 3 One of various fictional fields in which special physical properties are supported.
"It would take a phenomenally advanced technology to create that; but then, as we've all suddenly been granted superhuman powers, quantum hyperfield theory is the least of our problems."
Example
More examples"In this model it is assumed that each hemiretina consists of thousands of hemicircular regions called 'hyperfields', arranged in a sunflower seed growth pattern mosaic, which map topographically onto a corresponding square mosaic of regions in the striate cortex called hypercolumns."
Etymology
From hyper- + field.
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