range

Definitions

• A line or series of mountains, buildings, etc.
• A fireplace; a fire or other cooking apparatus; now specifically, a large cooking stove with many hotplates.
• Selection, array.
• An area for practicing shooting at targets.
• An area for military training or equipment testing.
• The distance from a person or sensor to an object, target, emanation, or event.
• Maximum distance of capability (of a weapon, radio, detector, fuel supply, etc.).
• An area of open, often unfenced, grazing land.
• Extent or space taken in by anything excursive; compass or extent of excursion; reach; scope.
• (mathematics) The set of values (points) which a function can obtain.
• (statistics) The length of the smallest interval which contains all the data in a sample; the difference between the largest and smallest observations in the sample.
• (sports) The defensive area that a player can cover.
• (music) The scale of all the tones a voice or an instrument can produce.
• (ecology) The geographical area or zone where a species is normally naturally found.
• (programming) A sequential list of values specified by an iterator.
• An aggregate of individuals in one rank or degree; an order; a class.
• (obsolete) The step of a ladder; a rung.
• (obsolete) A bolting sieve to sift meal.
• A wandering or roving; a going to and fro; an excursion; a ramble; an expedition.
• (US) In the public land system, a row or line of townships lying between two succession meridian lines six miles apart.
• The scope of something, the extent that something covers or includes.
• The variety of roles that an actor can play in a satisfactory way.