Definitions for wakefieldˈweɪkˌfild

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

Wake•fieldˈweɪkˌfild(n.)

  1. a city in West Yorkshire, in N England. 317,300.

    Category: Geography (places)

Wiktionary

  1. Wakefield(ProperNoun)

    An industrial city in northern England; traditionally a centre for the cloth industry.

  2. wakefield(Noun)

    A small area of very strong potential gradient, in a laser beam or plasma stream, used to accelerate charged particles in a plasma wakefield accelerator

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Wakefield

    a borough of Yorkshire, 9 m. S. of Leeds; has large woollen and other manufactures.


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