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Meaning of Wakefield | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˈweɪkfiːld

Definitions

  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.
  2. An industrial city and metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England; traditionally a centre for the cloth and coal industries.
  3. A habitational surname from Old English.
  4. The prison in Wakefield, established 1594.
  5. A number of places in the United States:
  6. A ghost town in Washington County, Alabama.
  7. An unincorporated community in Richland County, Illinois.
  8. An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Indiana.
  9. A minor city in Clay County, Kansas.
  10. An unincorporated community in Spencer County, Kentucky.
  11. An unincorporated community in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana.
  12. A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
  13. A city and township in Gogebic County, Michigan.
  14. A township in Stearns County, Minnesota.
  15. A city in Dixon County and Wayne County, Nebraska.
  16. A township in Dixon County, Nebraska.
  17. A town in Carroll County, New Hampshire.
  18. A neighborhood of the Bronx, New York City.
  19. A neighbourhood of Zebulon, Wake County, North Carolina.
  20. An unincorporated community in Scioto Township, Pike County, Ohio.
  21. A census-designated place in Fulton Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
  22. A village in South Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island.
  23. A census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia.
  24. A town in Sussex County, Virginia.
  25. A neighbourhood of Washington, D.C..
  26. A ghost town in the village of Greenville, Outagamie County, Wisconsin.
  27. A number of places elsewhere:
  28. A suburb of Newcastle in the City of Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia.
  29. A local government area in the Yorke and Mid North region of South Australia; in full, Wakefield Regional Council.
  30. A parish and community therein, in New Brunswick, Canada.
  31. A village in La Pêche municipality, Quebec, Canada.
  32. A settlement in Jamaica.
  33. A settlement in Tasman district, South Island, New Zealand.

Equivalents

العربية ويكفيلد
Français Wakefield
日本語 航跡場
Русский Уэ́йкфилд

Examples

“Calculation of the plasma wakefields (driven electron plasma waves) generated by nonevolving drive laser pulses is straightforward.”
“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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