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range

[reynj]

noun, adjective, verb, ranged, rang⋅ing.

–noun

1.	the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible: the range of steel prices; a wide range of styles.

2.	the extent or scope of the operation or action of something: within range of vision.

3.	the distance to which a projectile is or may be sent by a weapon.

4.	the distance of the target from the weapon.

5.	an area equipped with targets for practice in shooting weapons: a rifle range.

6.	an area used for flight-testing missiles.

7.	the distance of something to be located from some point of operation, as in sound ranging.

8.	the distance that can be covered by an aircraft, ship, or other vehicle, carrying a normal load without refueling.

9.	Statistics. the difference between the largest and smallest values in a statistical distribution.

10.	a continuous course of masonry of the same height from end to end.

11.	Music. compass (def. 4).

12.

Surveying.

a.	the horizontal direction or extension of a survey line established by two or more marked points.

b.	(in U.S. public-land surveys) one of a series of divisions numbered east or west from the principal meridian of the survey and consisting of a row of townships, each six miles square, that are numbered north or south from a base line.

13.	Navigation. a line established by markers or lights on shore for the location of soundings.

14.	a rank, class, or order: in the higher ranges of society.

15.	a row, line, or series, as of persons or things.

16.	an act of ranging or moving around, as over an area or region.

17.	Also called rangeland. an area or tract that is or may be ranged over, esp. an open region for the grazing of livestock.

18.	the region over which a population or species is distributed: the range of the Baltimore oriole.

19.	Mathematics. the set of all values attained by a given function throughout its domain.

20.	a chain of mountains forming a single system: the Catskill Range.

21.	a large portable or stationary cooking stove having burners built into the top surface and containing one or more ovens.

22.	Physics. the maximum distance that a charged particle, as a proton, can penetrate a given medium and still maintain sufficient kinetic energy to produce ionization in the medium.

23.

Nautical.

a.	a large cleat for securing various lines, esp. the tacks and sheets of courses.

b.	a length of anchor cable laid on deck.

–adjective

24.	working or grazing on a range: range horses; range animals like steer and sheep.

–verb (used with object)

25.	to draw up or arrange (persons or things) in rows or lines or in a specific position, company, or group: The sergeant ranged the troops in columns of six across.

26.	to place or arrange systematically; set in order; dispose: The members of the cast were ranged in their proper places on stage.

27.	to place in a particular class; classify: They ranged themselves with the liberals.

28.	to make straight, level, or even, as lines of type.

29.	to pass over or through (an area or region) in all directions, as in exploring or searching: They ranged the entire countryside.

30.	to pasture (cattle) on a range.

31.	to direct or train, as a telescope, upon an object.

32.	to obtain the range of (something aimed at or to be located).

33.	Nautical. to lay out (an anchor cable) so that the anchor may descend smoothly.

–verb (used without object)

34.	to vary within certain limits: prices ranging from $5 to $10.

35.	to have a certain variety of things somehow related: emotions ranging from smugness to despair.

36.	to move around or through a region in all directions, as people or animals.

37.	to rove, roam, or wander: The talk ranged over a variety of subjects.

38.	to stretch out or extend in a line, as things: shabby houses ranged along the road.

39.	to extend, run, or go in a certain direction: a boundary ranging from east and west.

40.	to lie or extend in the same line or plane, as one thing with another or others.

41.	to take up a position in a line or in order.

42.	to extend, be found, or occur over an area or throughout a period, as an animal or plant.

43.	to have a specified range, as a gun, missile, etc.

44.	to find the range, as of something aimed at or to be located.

45.	Nautical. (of an anchored vessel) to swerve or sheer (often fol. by about).

—Idiom

46.	in range, (of two or more objects observed from a vessel) located one directly behind the other.

Origin:
1350–1400; (n.) ME < OF renge row, deriv. of renc line; see rank ¹ ; (v.) ME rangen < MF ranger, OF rengier, deriv. of renc

Synonyms:
1. sweep, reach. Range, compass, latitude, scope refer to extent or breadth. Range emphasizes extent and diversity: the range of one's interests. Compass suggests definite limits: within the compass of one's mind. Latitude emphasizes the idea of freedom from narrow confines, thus breadth or extent: granted latitude of action. Scope suggests great freedom but a proper limit: the scope of one's activities; the scope of one's obligations. 14. kind, sort. 15. tier, file. 25. align, rank. 26. array. 36. See roam. 38. lie.

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–noun

1.	an instrument for determining directions, as by means of a freely rotating magnetized needle that indicates magnetic north.

2.	the enclosing line or limits of any area; perimeter: You can find anything you want downtown within the compass of ten square blocks.

3.	space within limits; area; extent; range; scope: the narrow compass of the strait; the broad compass of the novel.

4.	Also called range. the total range of tones of a voice or of a musical instrument.

5.	due or proper limits; moderate bounds: Their behavior stayed within the compass of propriety.

6.	a passing round; circuit: the compass of a year.

7.	Often, compasses. an instrument for drawing or describing circles, measuring distances, etc., consisting generally of two movable, rigid legs hinged to each other at one end (usually used with pair of): to spread the legs of a compass and draw a larger circle.

(initial capital letter

) Astronomy.

a.	Also called Mariner's Compass. the constellation Pyxis.

b.	Compasses, the constellation Circinus.

–adjective

9.	curved; forming a curve or arc: a compass timber; compass roof.

–verb (used with object)

10.	to go or move round; make the circuit of: It would take a week to compass his property on foot.

11.	to extend or stretch around; hem in; surround; encircle: An old stone wall compasses their property.

12.	to attain or achieve; accomplish; obtain.

13.	to contrive; plot; scheme: to compass a treacherous plan.

14.	to make curved or circular.

15.	to comprehend; to grasp, as with the mind: His mind could not compass the extent of the disaster.

Origin:
1250–1300; (v.) ME compassen < OF compasser to measure < VL *compāssāre, equiv. to compāss(us) equal step (L com- com- + pāssus pace ¹ ) + -āre v. suffix; (n.) ME compas < OF, deriv. of compasser

Related forms:

com⋅pass⋅a⋅ble, adjective

com⋅pass⋅less, adjective

Synonyms:
3. See range.

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range (rānj)

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.
4. An amount or extent of variation: a wide price range.
5. Music The gamut of tones that a voice or instrument is capable of producing. Also called compass.
6. The maximum extent or distance limiting operation, action, or effectiveness, as of a projectile, aircraft, radio signal, or sound.
7. The maximum distance that can be covered by a vehicle with a specified payload before its fuel supply is exhausted.
8. The distance between a projectile weapon and its target.
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. The maximum extent or distance limiting operation, action, or effectiveness, as of a projectile, aircraft, radio signal, or sound.
4. The maximum distance that can be covered by a vehicle with a specified payload before its fuel supply is exhausted.
5. The distance between a projectile weapon and its target.
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.
A place equipped for practice in shooting at targets.
Aerospace A testing area at which rockets and missiles are launched and tracked.
An extensive area of open land on which livestock wander and graze.
The geographic region in which a plant or animal normally lives or grows.
The act of wandering or roaming over a large area.
Mathematics The set of all values a given function may take on.
Statistics The difference or interval between the smallest and largest values in a frequency distribution.
A class, rank, or order: The candidate had broad support from the lower ranges of the party.
Abbr. Ra. An extended group or series, especially a row or chain of mountains.
One of a series of double-faced bookcases in a library stack room.
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.
A stove with spaces for cooking a number of things at the same time.

v. ranged, rang·ing, rang·es

v. tr.

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

v. intr.

To vary within specified limits: ages that ranged from two to five.
To extend in a particular direction: a river that ranges to the east.
To extend or lie in the same direction: "Whatsoever comes athwart his affection ranges evenly with mine" (Shakespeare).
To pass over or through an area or region in or as if in exploration.
To wander freely; roam.
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; see sker-² in Indo-European roots.]

Synonyms: 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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Range

Range\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ranged; p. pr. & vb. n. Ranging.] [OE. rengen, OF. rengier, F. ranger, OF. renc row, rank, F. rang; of German origin. See Rane, n.]

1. To set in a row, or in rows; to place in a regular line or lines, or in ranks; to dispose in the proper order; to rank; as, to range soldiers in line.

Maccabeus ranged his army by hands. --2 Macc. xii. 20.

2. To place (as a single individual) among others in a line, row, or order, as in the ranks of an army; -- usually, reflexively and figuratively, (in the sense) to espouse a cause, to join a party, etc.

It would be absurd in me to range myself on the side of the Duke of Bedford and the corresponding society. --Burke.

3. To separate into parts; to sift. [Obs.] --Holland.

4. To dispose in a classified or in systematic order; to arrange regularly; as, to range plants and animals in genera and species.

5. To rove over or through; as, to range the fields.

Teach him to range the ditch, and force the brake. --Gay.

6. To sail or pass in a direction parallel to or near; as, to range the coast.

Note: Compare the last two senses (5 and 6) with the French ranger une c[^o]te.

7. (Biol.) To be native to, or to live in; to frequent.

Range

Range\, v. i. 1. To rove at large; to wander without restraint or direction; to roam.

Like a ranging spaniel that barks at every bird he sees. --Burton.

2. To have range; to change or differ within limits; to be capable of projecting, or to admit of being projected, especially as to horizontal distance; as, the temperature ranged through seventy degrees Fahrenheit; the gun ranges three miles; the shot ranged four miles.

3. To be placed in order; to be ranked; to admit of arrangement or classification; to rank.

And range with humble livers in content. --Shak.

4. To have a certain direction; to correspond in direction; to be or keep in a corresponding line; to trend or run; -- often followed by with; as, the front of a house ranges with the street; to range along the coast.

Which way the forests range. --Dryden.

5. (Biol.) To be native to, or live in, a certain district or region; as, the peba ranges from Texas to Paraguay.

Syn: To rove; roam; ramble; wander; stroll.

Range

Range\, n. [From Range, v.: cf. F. rang['e]e.]

1. A series of things in a line; a row; a rank; as, a range of buildings; a range of mountains.

2. An aggregate of individuals in one rank or degree; an order; a class.

The next range of beings above him are the immaterial intelligences. --Sir M. Hale.

3. The step of a ladder; a rung. --Clarendon.

4. A kitchen grate. [Obs.]

He was bid at his first coming to take off the range, and let down the cinders. --L'Estrange.

5. An extended cooking apparatus of cast iron, set in brickwork, and affording conveniences for various ways of cooking; also, a kind of cooking stove.

6. A bolting sieve to sift meal. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

7. A wandering or roving; a going to and fro; an excursion; a ramble; an expedition.

He may take a range all the world over. --South.

8. That which may be ranged over; place or room for excursion; especially, a region of country in which cattle or sheep may wander and pasture.

9. Extent or space taken in by anything excursive; compass or extent of excursion; reach; scope; discursive power; as, the range of one's voice, or authority.

Far as creation's ample range extends. --Pope.

The range and compass of Hammond's knowledge filled the whole circle of the arts. --Bp. Fell.

A man has not enough range of thought. --Addison.

10. (Biol.) The region within which a plant or animal naturally lives.

11. (Gun.) (a) The horizontal distance to which a shot or other projectile is carried. (b) Sometimes, less properly, the trajectory of a shot or projectile. (c) A place where shooting, as with cannons or rifles, is practiced.

12. In the public land system of the United States, a row or line of townships lying between two succession meridian lines six miles apart.

Note: The meridians included in each great survey are numbered in order east and west from the "principal meridian" of that survey, and the townships in the range are numbered north and south from the "base line," which runs east and west; as, township No. 6, N., range 7, W., from the fifth principal meridian.

13. (Naut.) See Range of cable, below.

Range of accommodation (Optics), the distance between the near point and the far point of distinct vision, -- usually measured and designated by the strength of the lens which if added to the refracting media of the eye would cause the rays from the near point to appear as if they came from the far point.

Range finder (Gunnery), an instrument, or apparatus, variously constructed, for ascertaining the distance of an inaccessible object, -- used to determine what elevation must be given to a gun in order to hit the object; a position finder.

Range of cable (Naut.), a certain length of slack cable ranged along the deck preparatory to letting go the anchor.

Range work (Masonry), masonry of squared stones laid in courses each of which is of even height throughout the length of the wall; -- distinguished from broken range work, which consists of squared stones laid in courses not continuously of even height.

To get the range of (an object) (Gun.), to find the angle at which the piece must be raised to reach (the object) without carrying beyond.

Language Translation for : range

Spanish: gama, variedad, surtido,

German: die Bandbreite,

Japanese: 範囲

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range (n.)

c.1300, "row or line of persons" (esp. hunters or soldiers), from O.Fr. range "range, rank," from rangier "to place in a row, arrange," from reng "row, line" (see rank (n.)). Meaning "row of mountains" is from 1705. Meaning "scope, extent" first recorded 1666; that of "area over which animals seek food" is from 1626, from the verb meaning "move over a large area" (1477). Specific U.S. sense of "series of townships six miles in width" is from 1785. Sense of "distance a gun can send a bullet" is recorded from 1591; meaning "place used for shooting practice" is from 1862. The verb sense of "to arrange in rows" is recorded from 1375. The cooking appliance so called since 1446, for unknown reasons. Rangy is 1868, "adapted for ranging;" the meaning "having a long, slender form" (as an animal suited to ranging) is from 1876.

Range

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.

range

The high and low prices reached by a security within a given period. A large range in relation to a security price tends to indicate greater price volatility, making the security a better candidate for trading purposes but not necessarily for investment purposes. Also called price range.

Main Entry: ¹range
Pronunciation: 'rAnj
Function: noun
often attributive 1 : the region throughout which a kind of organism orecological community naturally lives or occurs
2 : the difference between the least and greatest values of an attribute or of the variable of a frequency distribution

Main Entry: ²range
Function: intransitive verb
Inflected Forms: ranged; rang·ing
1 : to change or differ within limits
2 of an organism : to live or occur in or be native to a region

range (rānj)
n.
In statistics, the difference or interval between the smallest and largest values in a frequency distribution.

range (rānj) Pronunciation Key

The set of all values that a given function may have. Compare domain.
The difference between the smallest and largest values in a set of data. If the lowest test score of a group of students is 54 and the highest is 94, the range is 40.

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