Noun
an investigation carried out in the field rather than in a laboratory or headquarters
Source: WordNetHours of research can cut months of field work. E. Lee Spence
Accurate statistics are difficult to arrive at, as millions of Thai migrate from rural areas to Bangkok, then return to their place of origin to help with seasonal field work. Source: Internet
A typical USGS field mapping camp in the 1950s Today, handheld computers with GPS and geographic information systems software are often used in geological field work ( digital geologic mapping ). Source: Internet
But Sapir's conservative ideas about marriage and the woman's role were anathema to Mead, and as Mead left to do field work in Samoa the two separated permanently. Source: Internet
In this opinion, grand theories are unprovable, and instead intensive field work would determine the most likely explanation and history of a culture, and hence it is named "historicism." Source: Internet
Clement Doke also realised that his field work couldn't continue much longer and left in 1921. Source: Internet