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@@ -157,6 +157,11 @@ Glossary
For more information on dictionaries, read the
`Python tutorial <http://docs.python.org/tut>`_.
+ field
+ In a :term:`structured data type`, each sub-type is called a `field`.
+ The `field` has a name (a string), a type (any valid :term:`dtype`, and
+ an optional `title`. See :ref:`arrays.dtypes`
+
Fortran order
See `column-major`
@@ -368,6 +373,9 @@ Glossary
>>> x[:, 1]
array([2, 4])
+ structure
+ See :term:`structured data type`
+
structured data type
A data type composed of other datatypes