Background and Field

Background

Background noun - The physical conditions or features that form the setting against which something is viewed.

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Field and background are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Field" instead a noun "Background".

Field noun - A small area of usually open land.

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Background and field are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Background" instead a noun "Field".

Nearby Words: fielded, fielding, fielder

specific	specific background	specific field
right	right background	right field
green	green background	green field
single	single background	single field
Other adjectives: strong, actual, entire, blue, little, black, main, white, new, general, military, different, scientific, red, medical.

The 1996 movie Werewolf uses this trope completely out of left field, when one character turns off a nearby radio, causing the background music to abruptly disappear.

Source: Left the Background Music On aka: Sorry I Left The BGM On
Life Energy bleeds off of living things into the background magic field, then collects into Ley Lines, which meet at nodes.

Source: Background Magic Field
Warhammer's background magic behaves less as a fixed field and more a roiling, chaotic climatic system.

Source: Background Magic Field

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