Wakefield
//ˈweɪkfiːld// name, noun
name, noun ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The electron density wave structure which immediately follows an intense laser beam or relativistic charged particle beam as it passes through a plasma; the electric field or potential associated with such a structure.
"Calculation of the plasma wakefields (driven electron plasma waves) generated by nonevolving drive laser pulses is straightforward."
Proper Noun
- 1 An industrial city and metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England; traditionally a centre for the cloth and coal industries.
- 2 A habitational surname from Old English.
- 3 The prison in Wakefield, established 1594.
- 4 A number of places in the United States:; A ghost town in Washington County, Alabama.
- 5 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Richland County, Illinois.
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- 6 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Indiana.
- 7 A number of places in the United States:; A minor city in Clay County, Kansas.
- 8 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Spencer County, Kentucky.
- 9 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana.
- 10 A number of places in the United States:; A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
"Newton joins Brookline and a dozen other towns that have adopted similar bans, including Belchertown, Chelsea, Concord, Malden, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Melrose, Needham, Pelham, Reading, Stoneham, Wakefield, and Winchester, according to the state Department of Public Health."
- 11 A number of places in the United States:; A city and township in Gogebic County, Michigan.
- 12 A number of places in the United States:; A township in Stearns County, Minnesota.
- 13 A number of places in the United States:; A city in Dixon County and Wayne County, Nebraska.
- 14 A number of places in the United States:; A township in Dixon County, Nebraska.
- 15 A number of places in the United States:; A town in Carroll County, New Hampshire.
- 16 A number of places in the United States:; A neighborhood of the Bronx, New York City.
- 17 A number of places in the United States:; A neighbourhood of Zebulon, Wake County, North Carolina.
- 18 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Scioto Township, Pike County, Ohio.
- 19 A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Fulton Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
- 20 A number of places in the United States:; A village in South Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island.
- 21 A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia.
- 22 A number of places in the United States:; A town in Sussex County, Virginia.
- 23 A number of places in the United States:; A neighbourhood of Washington, D.C..
- 24 A number of places in the United States:; A ghost town in the village of Greenville, Outagamie County, Wisconsin.
- 25 A number of places elsewhere:; A suburb of Newcastle in the City of Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia.
- 26 A number of places elsewhere:; A local government area in the Yorke and Mid North region of South Australia; in full, Wakefield Regional Council.
- 27 A number of places elsewhere:; A parish and community therein, in New Brunswick, Canada.
- 28 A number of places elsewhere:; A village in La Pêche municipality, Quebec, Canada.
- 29 A number of places elsewhere:; A settlement in Jamaica.
- 30 A number of places elsewhere:; A settlement in Tasman district, South Island, New Zealand.
Example
More examples"Calculation of the plasma wakefields (driven electron plasma waves) generated by nonevolving drive laser pulses is straightforward."
Etymology
From wake + field.
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