to range
- verb
- /reɪndʒ/
- Specialized
- Range 500 yards and closing.
Examples
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Casualties reported. Range to that fighter?
Fiction book (1991) -
Alien contact, bearing 150, range 1,000 yards.
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Sir, range to contact, 100 yards.
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Focus full force field at 090 degrees, range 700.
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Range to target: 12,000 meters.
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Contact now bears port 012, range 1,000 yards and closing.
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Enemy torpedo still homing, range 800 meters.
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Range 1,000 meters.
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Range 2,500 yards.
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The sniper was trained to range his target accurately before taking the shot.
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Compounds
- Specialized
The maximum distance a vehicle can travel on a full tank or full charge under normal conditions
A long mountain range along Australia's east coast from Queensland to Victoria
A long mountain range in the northwest United States across Washington, Oregon and northern California
A mountain range in south central Alaska with tall snowy peaks, including Denali, North America's highest mountain
A long group of mountains in Bulgaria that runs from Serbia to the Black Sea
A mountain range in northern Kashmir that includes K2, the world's second highest peak
- Specialized
The difference between the highest and lowest values of the middle 50 percent of numbers
A mountain range in northern Kashmir that has K2, the second highest mountain in the world
A mountain range in northern Kashmir that includes K2, the world's second highest peak
- Specialized
A long straight rod with red and white bands that people who measure land use to line up points
- Specialized
A system of radio stations that help pilots find their position and direction
- Specialized
A radio system that helps pilots find their exact position and direction
A mountain range in northwest Wyoming with tall sharp peaks including the Grand Teton
- Specialized
A device pulled behind a ship that listens for submarines from far away
A range of high mountains on the border between Alaska and Yukon, including Mount St Elias
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Etymology
Range (gun distance) comes from the noun range meaning 'reach' or 'distance', so when a gun or device 'ranges' to a target it has that particular reach.