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rang⋅er

  [reyn-jer]
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–noun
1. forest ranger.
2. one of a body of armed guards who patrol a region.
3. (initial capital letter) a U.S. soldier in World War II specially trained for making surprise raids and attacks in small groups. Compare commando (def. 1).
4. a soldier specially trained in the techniques of guerrilla warfare, esp. in jungle terrain.
5. a person who ranges or roves.
6. (esp. in Texas) a member of the state police.
7. British. a keeper of a royal forest or park.
8. Building Trades. wale 1 (def. 5).
9. (initial capital letter) one of a series of instrumented U.S. space probes launched in the 1960s that transmitted closeup pictures of the moon before impacting the lunar surface.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME; see range, -er 1
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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.

wale

1  [weyl] noun, verb, waled, wal⋅ing.
–noun
1. a streak, stripe, or ridge produced on the skin by the stroke of a rod or whip; welt.
2. the vertical rib in knit goods or a chain of loops running lengthwise in knit fabric (opposed to course ).
3. the texture or weave of a fabric.
4. Nautical.
a. any of certain strakes of thick outside planking on the sides of a wooden ship.
b. gunwale.
5. Also called breast timber, ranger, waling. Engineering, Building Trades. a horizontal timber or other support for reinforcing various upright members, as sheet piling or concrete form boards, or for retaining earth at the edge of an excavation.
6. a ridge on the outside of a horse collar.
–verb (used with object)
7. to mark with wales.
8. to weave with wales.
9. Engineering, Building Trades. to reinforce or fasten with a wale or wales.
Origin:
bef. 1050; (n.) ME; OE walu ridge, rib, wheal; c. ON vǫlr, Goth walus rod, wand; (v.) late ME, deriv. of the n.
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rang·er   (rān'jər)   
n.  

  1. A wanderer; a rover.

  2. A member of an armed troop employed in patrolling a specific region.

  3. Ranger A member of a group of U.S. soldiers specially trained for making raids either on foot, in ground vehicles, or by airlift.

    1. A warden employed to maintain and protect a natural area, such as a forest or park.

    2. Chiefly British The keeper of a royal forest or park.

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Word Origin & History

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.

ranger 
1388, "gameskeeper," from range (n.)). Attested from 1670 in sense of "man (often mounted) who polices an area." Modern military sense of "member of an elite U.S. combat unit" is attested from 1942 (organized 1941).

wale 
O.E. walu "ridge," as of earth or stone, later "ridge made on flesh by a lash" (related to weal (2)); from P.Gmc. *walo (cf. Low Ger. wale "weal," O.Fris. walu "rod," O.N. völr "round piece of wood," Goth. walus "a staff, stick," Du. wortel, Ger. wurzel "root"). The common notion perhaps is "raised line." Used in reference to the ridges of textile fabric from 1583. Wales "horizontal planks which extend along a ship's sides" is attested from 1295.
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Financial Dictionary

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.

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Medical Dictionary

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
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Medical Dictionary

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

wale (wāl)
n.
A mark raised on the skin, as by a whip; a weal or welt. v. waled, wal·ing, wales
To raise marks on the skin, as by whipping.

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Science Dictionary
range   (rānj)  Pronunciation Key 

  1. The set of all values that a given function may have. Compare domain.

  2. 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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Encyclopedia

ranger

in U.S. military usage, a soldier specially trained to act in small groups that make rapid surprise raids on enemy territory. Ranger has also been the designation for the Texas state constabulary and for national-park supervisors and forest wardens.

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