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.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishrollbackrollâ§back /ËrÉÊlbÃ¦k $ ËroÊl-/ noun [countable, uncountable] especially American English an occasion when a tax, price, law etc is reduced to a previous level or changed so that it is the way it used to be â roll back at roll1.