English

Noun

number field ‎(plural number fields)

1. (mathematics, algebraic number theory) A field which includes the rational numbers and has finite dimension as a vector space over the rational numbers.

   Number fields are typically formed by adjoining algebraic integers to the field of rational numbers.

Synonyms

• algebraic number field

Hypernyms

• extension field

Hyponyms

• cyclotomic field
• quadratic field