Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - range
Range
range
n. & v. --n. 1 a the region between limits of variation, esp. as representing a scope of effective operation (a voice of astonishing range; the whole range of politics). b such limits. c a limited scale or series (the range of the thermometer readings is about 10 degrees). 2 the area included in or concerned with something. 3 a the distance attainable by a gun or projectile (the enemy are out of range). b the distance between a gun or projectile and its objective. 4 a row, series, line, or tier, esp. of mountains or buildings. 5 a an open or enclosed area with targets for shooting. b a testing-ground for military equipment. 6 a a fireplace with ovens and hotplates for cooking. b US an electric or gas cooker. 7 the area over which a thing, esp. a plant or animal, is distributed (gives the ranges of all species). 8 the distance that can be covered by a vehicle or aircraft without refuelling. 9 the distance between a camera and the subject to be photographed. 10 the extent of time covered by a forecast etc. 11 a a large area of open land for grazing or hunting. b a tract over which one wanders. 12 lie, direction (the range of the strata is east and west). --v. 1 intr. a reach; lie spread out; extend; be found or occur over a specified district; vary between limits (ages ranging from twenty to sixty). b run in a line (ranges north and south). 2 tr. (usu. in passive or refl.) place or arrange in a row or ranks or in a specified situation or order or company (ranged their troops; ranged themselves with the majority party; trees ranged in ascending order of height). 3 intr. rove, wander (ranged through the woods; his thoughts range over past, present, and future). 4 tr. traverse in all directions (ranging the woods). 5 Printing a tr. Brit. make (type) lie flush at the ends of successive lines. b intr. (of type) lie flush. 6 intr. a (often foll. by with) be level. b (foll. by with, among) rank; find one's right place (ranges with the great writers). 7 intr. a (of a gun) send a projectile over a specified distance (ranges over a mile). b (of a projectile) cover a specified distance. c obtain the range of a target by adjustment after firing past it or short of it. Phrases and idioms ranging-pole (or -rod) Surveying a pole or rod for setting a straight line. Etymology: ME f. OF range row, rank f. ranger f. rang RANK(1)
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I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, row of persons, from Anglo-French ~, renge, from renger to ~ Date: 14th century 1. a. a series of things in a line ; row, a series of mountains, one of the north-south rows of townships in a United States public-land survey that are numbered east and west from the principal meridian of the survey, an aggregate of individuals in one order, a direction line, a cooking stove that has an oven and a flat top with burners or heating elements, 3. a place that may be ~d over, an open region over which animals (as livestock) may roam and feed, the region throughout which a kind of organism or ecological community naturally lives or occurs, the act of ranging about, 5. a. the horizontal distance to which a projectile can be propelled, the horizontal distance between a weapon and target, the maximum distance a vehicle or craft can travel without refueling, c. a place where shooting is practiced, driving ~, 6. the space or extent included, covered, or used ; scope, the extent of pitch covered by a melody or lying within the capacity of a voice or instrument, 7. a sequence, series, or scale between limits , the limits of a series ; the distance or extent between possible extremes, the difference between the least and greatest values of an attribute or of the variable of a frequency distribution, 8. the set of values a function may take on, the class of admissible values of a variable, line 11, Synonyms: see: ~ II. verb (~d; ranging) see: rank Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to set in a row or in the proper order, to place among others in a position or situation, to assign to a category ; classify, 2. to rove over or through, to sail or pass along, to ar~ (an anchor cable) on deck, to graze (livestock) on a ~, intransitive verb 1. to roam at large or freely, to move over an area so as to explore it, to take a position, 3. to correspond in direction or line ; align, to extend in a particular direction, to have ~, to change or differ within limits, to live or occur in or be native to a...Толковый словарь английского языка
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