Written By: Field, In physics, a region in which each point is affected by a force. Objects fall to the ground because they are affected by the force of earthâs gravitational field (see gravitation). A paper clip, placed in the magnetic field surrounding a magnet, is pulled toward the magnet, and two like magnetic poles repel each other when one is placed in the otherâs magnetic field.
logrolling. noun. 1  The exchanging of political favors, especially the trading of influence or votes among legislators to achieve passage of projects that are of interest to one another. 2  The exchanging of favors or praise, as among artists, critics, or academics. 3  See birling.
an analysis that explains politics in terms of the operation of society's economic system. Term. Political Revolution. Definition. to the overthrow of one political system in order to establish another.