range

(rānj)

1. 1. Extent of perception, knowledge, experience, or ability.
   2. The area or sphere in which an activity takes place.
   3. The full extent covered: within the range of possibilities.
2. 1. An amount or extent of variation: a wide price range.
   2. Music. The gamut of tones that a voice or instrument is capable of producing. Also called compass.
3. 1. The maximum extent or distance limiting operation, action, or effectiveness, as of a projectile, aircraft, radio signal, or sound.
   2. The maximum distance that can be covered by a vehicle with a specified payload before its fuel supply is exhausted.
   3. The distance between a projectile weapon and its target.
4. A place equipped for practice in shooting at targets.
5. Aerospace. A testing area at which rockets and missiles are launched and tracked.
6. An extensive area of open land on which livestock wander and graze.
7. The geographic region in which a plant or animal normally lives or grows.
8. The act of wandering or roaming over a large area.
9. Mathematics. The set of all values a given function may take on.
10. Statistics. The difference or interval between the smallest and largest values in a frequency distribution.
11. A class, rank, or order: The candidate had broad support from the lower ranges of the party.
12. (Abbr. Ra.) An extended group or series, especially a row or chain of mountains.
13. One of a series of double-faced bookcases in a library stack room.
14. (Abbr. R) A north-south strip of townships, each six miles square, numbered east and west from a specified meridian in a U.S. public land survey.
15. A stove with spaces for cooking a number of things at the same time.

1. To arrange or dispose in a particular order, especially in rows or lines.
2. To assign to a particular category; classify.
3. To align (a gun, for example) with a target.
4. 1. To determine the distance of (a target).
   2. To be capable of reaching (a maximum distance).
5. To pass over or through (an area or region).
6. To turn (livestock) onto an extensive area of open land for grazing.
7. Nautical. To uncoil (an anchor cable) on deck so the anchor may descend easily.

1. To vary within specified limits: ages that ranged from two to five.
2. To extend in a particular direction: a river that ranges to the east.
3. To extend or lie in the same direction: "Whatsoever comes athwart his affection ranges evenly with mine" (Shakespeare).
4. To pass over or through an area or region in or as if in exploration.
5. To wander freely; roam.
6. To live or grow within a particular region.

[Middle English, row, rank, from Old French, from rangier, to put in a row, from rang, reng, line, of Germanic origin.]

SYNONYMS   range, ambit, compass, orbit, purview, reach, scope, sweep. These nouns denote an area within which something acts, operates, or has power or control: the range of a nuclear missile; the ambit of municipal legislation; information within the compass of the article; countries within the political orbit of a world power; regulations under the government's purview; outside the reach of the law; issues within the scope of an investigation; outside the sweep of federal authority. See also synonyms at wander.

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The difference between the largest and the smallest items in a set of numerical data.

(1) In data entry validation, a group of values from a minimum to a maximum.

(2) With spreadsheets, a series of cells that are worked on as a group. It may refer to a row, column or rectangular block defined by one corner and its diagonally opposite corner.

(3) A geographic distance.

(4) A group of frequencies.

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noun

1. The extent of one's perception, understanding, knowledge, or vision: horizon, ken, purview, reach, scope. See ability/inability, knowledge/ignorance, see/not see.
2. The ability or power to seize or attain: capacity, compass, grasp, reach, scope. See ability/inability.
3. An area within which something or someone exists, acts, or has influence or power: ambit, compass, extension, extent, orbit, purview, reach, realm, scope, sphere, sweep, swing. See territory.
4. Approximate size or amount: vicinity. Informal neighborhood. See near/far/distance.

verb

1. To put into a deliberate order: arrange, array, deploy, dispose, marshal, order, organize, sort, systematize. See order/disorder.
2. To place in or form a line or lines: align, line (up). See order/disorder.
3. To assign to a class or classes: categorize, class, classify, distribute, grade, group, pigeonhole, place, rank¹, rate¹. See group, value/worthlessness/evaluation.
4. To change or fluctuate within limits: extend, go, run, vary. See change/persist.
5. To move about at random, especially over a wide area: drift, gad, gallivant, meander, peregrinate, ramble, roam, rove, stray, traipse, wander. See move/halt.

Definition: order, series
Antonyms: part

n

Definition: sphere, distance, extent
Antonyms: extreme

v

Definition: extend; change within limits
Antonyms: limit, restrict

v

Definition: order, categorize
Antonyms: disorder, disorganize

v

Definition: wander, roam
Antonyms: be direct

n. 1. the maximum distance at which a radio transmission can be effectively received: planets within radio range of Earth.

2. the distance that can be covered by a vehicle or aircraft without refueling: the vans have a range of 125 miles.

3. the maximum distance to which a gun will shoot or over which a missile will travel: enemy troops came within range | these rockets have a range of 30 to 40 miles.

4. an area of land or sea used as a testing ground for military equipment.

5. an open or enclosed area with targets for shooting practice.

1. (of a person or animal) travel or wander over a wide area: patrols ranged thousands of miles deep into enemy territory

2. obtain the range of a target by adjustment after firing past it or short of it, or by the use of radar or laser equipment: radar-type transmissions which appeared to be ranging on our convoys.

3. (of a projectile) cover a specified distance.

4. (of a gun) send a projectile over a specified distance.

at a range of with a specified distance between one person or thing and another:

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In statistics, the difference between the two extreme values in a data set.

The compass of an instrument or voice, or of a piece of music, from the lowest note to the highest; the interval between those notes.

1. In masonry, a row or course, as of stone.
2. A line of objects in direct succession, as a range of columns.

The spread of values of a set of data. The range is the difference between the maximum and minimum values and is a measure of the dispersion of a set of values. See also descriptive statistics.

A stock's low price and high price for a particular trading period, such as the close of a day's trading, the opening of a day's trading, a day, a month, or a year.

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A stock that trades in a range for an extended period of time is sometimes said to be in a channel.

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(DOD) 1. The distance between any given point and an object or target. 2. Extent or distance limiting the operation or action of something, such as the range of an aircraft, ship, or gun. 3. The distance that can be covered over a hard surface by a ground vehicle, with its rated payload, using the fuel in its tank and its cans normally carried as part of the ground vehicle equipment. 4. Area equipped for practice in shooting at targets. In this meaning, also called target range.

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1. the difference between the upper and lower limits of a variable or of a series of values.
2. extensive grazing land which provides seasonal feed supply of pasture comprising grasses and clovers and other legumes supplemented by forbs and browse.
3. a husbandry system where animals are permitted to roam free, within reasonable limits, i.e. they are not confined in corrals, lots, yards, houses, barns, byres and the like. Called also free range.
4. animals maintained as in 3 above, e.g. range cattle. Called also range-reared.

• annual r. — rangeland on which the principal forage plants are self-perpetuating annual herbaceous species.
• arid r. — lack of sufficient moisture severely limits growth and production of vegetation. Generally considered that this will occur with less than 10 inches (25 cm) of rain in a temperate climate.
• r. of audibility — the range between the extreme frequencies of sound waves beyond which the ear of each species perceives no sound.
• r. cubes — large pellets of compacted feed, between a pellet and a log, approximately 1 inch cubed, used to feed animals at pasture. Can be fed on the ground with very little loss.
• free r. — see (3) (above).
• r. goldenrod — solidago mollis.
• r. of motion — the range, measured in degrees of a circle, through which a joint can be extended and flexed. See also range of motion exercises (below).
• r. of motion exercises — exercises calculated to extend the range of extension and flexion of an impaired joint.
• r. paralysis — see marek's disease.
• r.-reared — see range (3 above).
• r. stiffness — a disease of lambs. See bluetongue.

A crude measure of dispersion in a distribution; range is computed as the distance from the highest score to the lowest score plus one unit.

• Materials, Formations, and Substances - range: system of connected mountains
• Earth’s Atmosphere and Topographic Features - range: system of connected mountains
• Hills, Hollows, and Valleys - range: series of connected mountains
• Quantities, Relationships, and Operations - range: complete set of values a function may assume
• Aviation and Aerodynamics - range: distance aircraft is capable of flying without refueling or landing
• Seamanship and Port - range: line determined by two or more objects on shore, used to plot safe course
• Accessories and Appliances - range: cooking stove with oven and flat top equipped with gas burners or electrical heating elements
• Cookers - range: appliance with oven, broiler, and burners
• Ranching and Animal Husbandry - range: large open area over which livestock can roam and graze
• Harmony, Melody, and Structure - range: limits of pitch encompassed by a melody; full extent of tones falling within capacity of a voice or instrument
• Television Technology - range: full extent of area covered by transmission
• Tools and Techniques - range: distance from camera to subject
• Baseball - range: the area that a fielder can cover around his position
• Mood and Intent - range: pass across large area
• Dimensions and Directions - range: maximum extent outward

Dansk (Danish)
n. - række, interval, rækkevidde, bjergkæde
v. tr. - strække sig, være udbredt
v. intr. - stille på række, tage parti for, klassificere

idioms:

• at a range of    på en afstand af
• at close range    på nært hold, tæt på
• from close range    på kort afstand, tæt på
• in range    på linie (med ngt.)
• range finder    afstandsmåler
• range over    bevæge (sig) over (ngt.)
• range with    ligge på linie med, i overensstemmelse med
• within range    inden for rækkevidde

Nederlands (Dutch)
bereik, reeks, sortiment, fornuis, keten (bergen), schietterrein, ligging, verspreidingsgebied, afstand tussen camera en gefotografeerde, woeste grond (voor weiden/jagen), richting, op een rij zetten, uiteenlopen, reiken, in een categorie plaatsen, zich uitstrekken, een bereik hebben van, behoren tot, variëren, wandelen, vlak zijn, in alle richtingen kruisen, in kolommen zetten/gezet zijn, afstand bijstellen op geschut

Français (French)
n. - (Comm, gén) gamme, éventail, choix, variété, série, étendue, domaine, distance, portée, (Aérosp, Aut, Aviat) autonomie, (US) prairie, chaîne (de montagnes), fourneau, cuisinière, (Fin) limites, champ de tir, zone de tir, (Théât) répertoire, (Mus) tessiture
v. tr. - opposer (à), aligner, ranger (des troupes)
v. intr. - aller (de, à), varier (entre), couvrir (un sujet), vagabonder, (Mil) avoir une portée de

idioms:

• at a range of    à une distance de
• in range    en rang, à portée
• range finder    télémètre
• range over    s'étendre sur, parcourir, avoir une portée de (des missiles), porter à
• range with    ranger avec/parmi, classer, se ranger du côté de
• within range    à portée, (Mil) à portée de tir

Deutsch (German)
n. - Reichweite, Bereich, Herd, Umfang, Tonumfang, Schießstand, Weideland
v. - aufreihen, richten, durchstreifen, sich bewegen, sich hinziehen

idioms:

• at a range of    auf eine Entfernung von
• in range    in Schußweite
• range finder    Entfernungsmesser
• range over    sich erstrecken über
• range with    (fig) sich auf jmds. Seite schlagen, sich nach etw. od jmdm. ausrichten
• within range    in Schußweite

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αλληλουχία, σειρά, γραμμή, οροσειρά, έκταση, εύρος, σειρά, διάταξη, ακτίνα δράσεως, βεληνεκές, εμβέλεια, πεδίο βολής, σκοπευτήριο, ποικιλία, κλίμακα, εστία, κουζίνα (συσκευή)
v. - παρατάσσω/-ομαι, συντάσσω/-ομαι, βάζω στη σειρά, περιδιαβάζω, περιπλανώμαι, εκτείνομαι, απλώνομαι, κυμαίνομαι, κλιμακώνομαι, ποικίλλω, έχω βεληνεκές, απλώνομαι, εκτείνομαι

idioms:

• at a range of    σε απόσταση, σε ακτίνα
• at close range    σε κοντινή απόσταση, εξ επαφής
• from close range    από κοντινή απόσταση, από κοντά
• in range    εντός εμβέλειας, (στρατ.) εντός βεληνεκούς
• range finder    (τεχνολ.) τηλέμετρο
• range over    καλύπτω
• range with    συμπαρατάσσομαι με, τάσσομαι με το μέρος του
• within range    εντός εμβέλειας, (στρατ.) εντός βεληνεκούς

Italiano (Italian)
allineare, mettere in ordine, disporre, schierare, differire, avere una portata di, portata, cucina, linea, scala, campo

idioms:

• at a range of    alla distanza di
• from/at close range    a distanza ravvicinata
• in range    alla portata
• range finder    telemetro
• range over    prender mira
• within range    alla portata

Português (Portuguese)
n. - extensão (f), raio de ação (m)
v. - percorrer, ordenar, abranger

idioms:

• at a range of    em variedade
• from/at close range    à queima-roupa
• in/within range    ao alcance
• range finder    mira
• range over    mover para cima

Русский (Russian)
выстроить в ряд, колебаться, простираться, иметь дальность действия, ряд, ассортимент, протяженность, кухонная плита, дистанция

idioms:

• at a range of    на расстоянии
• from/at close range    в упор, с близкого расстояния
• in/within range    в зоне, в радиусе
• range finder    дальномер
• range over    охватывать

Español (Spanish)
n. - alcance, cocina, hornillo, surtido, gama, escala, serie, campo visual
v. tr. - alinear, colocar, clasificar, oscilar, fluctuar, variar, tener un alcance de
v. intr. - alinearse, estar alineado con, extenderse, dentro de ciertos límites, tener igual grado, estar a la misma altura

idioms:

• at a range of    a una distancia de
• in range    a tiro, al alcance
• range finder    telémetro
• range over    recorrer, abarcar
• range with    en línea con
• within range    a tiro, al alcance

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - skjutbana, räckvidd, lång rad
v. - ställa upp, sträcka sig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
山脉, 范围, 行列, 排列, 使并列, 归类于, 平行, 漫游, 延伸

idioms:

• at a range of    从...的距离
• at close range    接近地
• from close range    在短距离, 在近距离
• in range    在射程内
• range finder    测距仪
• range over    涉及
• range with    使与...并列, 与...平行
• within range    在射程内

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 山脈, 範圍, 行列
v. tr. - 排列, 使並列, 歸類於
v. intr. - 平行, 漫遊, 延伸

idioms:

• at a range of    從...的距離
• at close range    接近地
• from close range    在短距離, 在近距離
• in range    在射程內
• range finder    測距儀
• range over    涉及
• range with    使與...並列, 與...平行
• within range    在射程內

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 줄, 산맥 , 범위
v. tr. - 가지런히 하다, 대열에 넣다, 분류하다
v. intr. - 한 줄로 늘어 서다, 분포하다, 걸어다니다

idioms:

• at a range of    ~의 범위에서
• at close range    근거리에서
• in range    범위 안에
• range over    분포하다
• range with    나란히 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 列, 続き, 幅, 範囲, ミサイル実験場, 射撃練習場, 射程, 航続距離, 放牧地, 階級, 部類, 限界, 限度, 徘徊
v. - 及ぶ, 達する, 歩き回る, 放牧地に入れる, 整列させる, 分類する

idioms:

• at a range of    ～の範囲で
• in/within range    射程内で
• range finder    距離測定器, 距離計
• range over    及ぶ, 広がる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مدى, صنف, طبقه, صف, مجال (فعل) يراوح, يصنف, يطوف, يتجول, يرعى الماشيه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮רכס, שורה, טווח, אחו, תחום, מטווח, גבולות, מקום מחיה, מגוון, תנור, כיריים‬
v. tr. - ‮הציב בשורות, עבר‬
v. intr. - ‮הגיע לטווח של, נע בין, השתרע, שוטט, ערך, הציב‬

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