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Full Idea
A 'field' is defined in terms of the magnitude of some physical property distributed over every point in time and space.
Gist of Idea
A 'field' is a property with a magnitude, distributed across all of space and time
Source
Jim Baggott (Farewell to Reality: fairytale physics [2013], 2 'Quantum')
Book Ref
Baggott,Jim: 'Farewell to Reality: fairytale physics' [Constable 2013], p.60
A Reaction
If it involves a 'property', normal usage entails that there is some entity which possesses the property. So what's the entity? Eh? Eh? You don't know! Disappointed...
| 21731 | Fields can be 'scalar', or 'vector', or 'tensor', or 'spinor' [Baggott] |
| 21730 | A 'field' is a property with a magnitude, distributed across all of space and time [Baggott] |
| 21732 | The current standard model requires 61 particles [Baggott] |