noun
- specialized areas or divisions within a larger academic discipline or field of study
Usage: academic; plural form of subfield
Examples
- Psychology has many subfields including cognitive, social, and developmental psychology.
- The professor specializes in several subfields of mathematics.
- Computer science encompasses subfields like artificial intelligence and cybersecurity.
- Students can choose from various subfields within the biology major.
- The conference featured presentations from different subfields of engineering.
- Her research spans multiple subfields of linguistics.