visual range
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- noun
- Specialized
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- When the ship was finally in visual range, we could clearly see the coastline ahead.
- visual range of the asteroid
- enters visual range
- came within visual range
They're all really for beyond visual range engagement, which you know, is in the real world kind of nice and safe.
- They're all really for beyond visual range engagement, which you know, is in the real world kind of nice and safe.
- But I I don't think that if you're not in his visual range or in his ecosystem, it's hard to get in because he's, he's so elusive.
Examples
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That should be enough to get us within visual range, shouldn't it?
Fiction book (1998) -
We're within visual range.
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And the reason for that is when we come into visual range, we are both assessing each other.
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They'll be out of our visual range within two minutes.
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We're within visual range of the energy distortion, Captain.
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She was out of visual range.
Fiction book (1993) -
Sir, we have visual range with incoming over Iraqi airspace.
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On his present course... ...he should pass within visual range of the missile cruiser Riga.
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I was just out of visual range of marker Wendy when I saw a fluctuation in the bay.
Fiction book (1994) -
TOWER ADVISES VISUAL RANGE OF ONE QUARTER MILE AT 2,000 FEET CLOSING TO 500 FEET.
Synonyms
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1.0
The area you can see from one place
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2.8
How easy it is to see things, for example in fog
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8.7
The area you can see from where you are
The farthest distance a person or device can spot something
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the distance at which something can be seen' is directly and predictably derived from combining 'visual' (related to sight) with 'range' (extent or distance). This noun–noun compositional pattern is common (including technical uses in meteorology) and would be understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Visual range comes from two simple parts: visual ('seeing') and range ('distance'). People who study the weather and pilots used it to describe 'how far you can see', so today it means the clear distance you can see with your own eyes.