Meanings
nounpaleofield (plural paleofields)
plural paleofields · alternative palaeofield
- geographyA magnetic field active at a particular time in the geologic past
In particular, paleofields as high as 300 μT have been reported from the Allende meteorite that formed more than 4.5 x10⁹ years ago
2003, Michael E. Evans, Friedrich Heller, Environmental Magnetism, →ISBN, page 250
Origin
- Ancient Greekπᾰλαιός (pălaiós)
- Englishpaleo-
- Proto-Germanic*felþuz
- Proto-West Germanic*felþu
- Old Englishfeld
- Middle Englishfeld
- Englishfield
- Englishpaleofield
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Chicago
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