Let L {\displaystyle {}L} be a field, and let K ⊆ L {\displaystyle {}K\subseteq L} be a subfield of L {\displaystyle {}L} . Then L {\displaystyle {}L} is called an extension field of K {\displaystyle {}K} , and the inclusion K ⊆ L {\displaystyle {}K\subseteq L} is called a field extension.