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• n. 范围; 脉, 排, 列v. 排列
• ［英］ n. 范围 ( the measurable limits) ; 脉, 排, 列 ( connected line or row of mountains, hills, etc.) ; v. 排列 ( put in position or order)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Usage: often attributive
• Etymology: Middle English, row of persons, from Anglo-French range, renge, from renger to range
• Date: 14th century
• 1.
  • a.
    • (1) a series of things in a line ; row
    • (2) a series of mountains
    • (3) 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
  • b. an aggregate of individuals in one order
  • c. a direction line
• 2. a cooking stove that has an oven and a flat top with burners or heating elements
• 3.
  • a. a place that may be ranged over
  • b. an open region over which animals (as livestock) may roam and feed
  • c. the region throughout which a kind of organism or ecological community naturally lives or occurs
• 4. the act of ranging about
• 5.
  • a.
    • (1) the horizontal distance to which a projectile can be propelled
    • (2) the horizontal distance between a weapon and target
  • b. the maximum distance a vehicle or craft can travel without refueling
  • c.
    • (1) a place where shooting is practiced
    • (2) driving range
• 6.
  • a. the space or extent included, covered, or used ; scope
  • b. the extent of pitch covered by a melody or lying within the capacity of a voice or instrument
• 7.
  • a. a sequence, series, or scale between limits <a wide range of patterns>
  • b. the limits of a series ; the distance or extent between possible extremes
  • c. the difference between the least and greatest values of an attribute or of the variable of a frequency distribution
• 8.
  • a. the set of values a function may take on
  • b. the class of admissible values of a variable
• 9. line 11
• Synonyms:
  • range, gamut, compass, sweep, scope, orbit mean the extent that lies within the powers of something (as to cover or control). range is a general term indicating the extent of one's perception or the extent of powers, capacities, or possibilities <the entire range of human experience>. gamut suggests a graduated series running from one possible extreme to another<a performance that ran the gamut of emotions>. compass implies a sometimes limited extent of perception

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