soar
zoom | the act of rising upward into the air |
| range animal | any animal that lives and grazes in the grassy open land of western North America (especially horses, cattle, sheep) |
| electric range | a kitchen range in which the heat for cooking is provided by electric power |
firing range
target range | a practice range for target practice |
gas range
gas stove
gas cooker | a range with gas rings and an oven for cooking with gas |
golf range
driving range | a practice range for practicing golf shots |
omnirange
omnidirectional range
omnidirectional radio range | a navigational system consisting of a network of radio beacons that provide aircraft with information about exact position and bearing |
| practice range | a place for practicing golf shots |
| range | a place for shooting (firing or driving) projectiles of various kinds, the army maintains a missile range in the desert, any good golf club will have a range where you can practice |
rangefinder
range finder | a measuring instrument (acoustic or optical or electronic) for finding the distance of an object |
| range hood | exhaust hood over a kitchen range |
range pole
ranging pole
flagpole | surveying instrument consisting of a straight rod painted in bands of alternate red and white each one foot wide, used for sightings by surveyors |
| rifle range | a range where people can practice shooting rifles, during the war they turned the bowling alleys into rifle ranges |
| rocket range | a firing range for rocket missiles |
shooting gallery
shooting range | an enclosed firing range with targets for rifle or handgun practice |
stove kitchen stove
range kitchen range
cooking stove | a kitchen appliance used for cooking food, dinner was already on the stove |
telephoto lens
zoom lens | a camera lens that magnifies the image |
| test range | a range for conducting tests |
| optics | optical properties, the optics of a telescope |
| visual range | distance at which a given standard object can be seen with the unaided eye |
scope
range
reach
orbit
compass
ambit | an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: the range of a supersonic jet, a piano has a greater range than the human voice, the ambit of municipal legislation, within the compass of this article, within the scope of an investigation, outside the reach of the law, in the political orbit of a world power |
approximate range
ballpark | near to the scope or range of something, his answer wasn't even in the right ballpark |
compass
range
reach
grasp | the limit of capability, within the compass of education |
focus
focusing
focussing
focal point
direction centering | the concentration of attention or energy on something, the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology, he had no direction in his life |
| optics | the branch of physics that studies the physical properties of light |
| electron optics | the branch of electronics that deals with beams of electrons and their focusing and deflection by magnetic fields |
fiber optics
fiberoptics
fibre optics
fibreoptics | the transmission of light signals via glass fibers |
rapid climb
rapid growth
zoom | a rapid rise |
image
range range of a function | (mathematics) the set of values of the dependent variable for which a function is defined, the image of f(x) x^ is the set of all non-negative real numbers if the domain of the function is the set of all real numbers |
| range | a variety of different things or activities, he answered a range of questions, he was impressed by the range and diversity of the collection |
home range
home territory | the area in which an animal normally ranges |
| range reach | the limits within which something can be effective, range of motion, he was beyond the reach of their fire |
| range | a large tract of grassy open land on which livestock can graze, they used to drive the cattle across the open range every spring, he dreamed of a home on the range |
rifle range
rifle shot | the distance that a rifle bullet will carry, the target was out of rifle range |
| Admiralty Range | mountains in Antarctica to the north of Victoria Land |
| Alaska Range | a mountain range in south central Alaska, contains Mount McKinley |
Balkans
Balkan Mountains
Balkan Mountain Range | the major mountain range of Bulgaria and the Balkan Peninsula |
Cascades
Cascade Range
Cascade Mountains | a mountain range in the northwestern United States extending through Washington and Oregon and northern California, a part of the Coast Range |
Coast Range
Coast Mountains | a string of mountain ranges along the Pacific coast of North America from southeastern Alaska to Lower California |
Great Dividing Range
Eastern Highlands | a mountain range running along the eastern coast of Australia |
Karakoram
Karakoram Range
Karakorum Range
Mustagh
Mustagh Range | a mountain range in northern Kashmir, an extension of the Hindu Kush, contains the nd highest peak |
| Mesabi Range | a range of hills in northeastern Minnesota where rich iron ore deposits were discovered in |
range
mountain range
range of mountains
chain mountain chain
chain of mountains | a series of hills or mountains, the valley was between two ranges of hills, the plains lay just beyond the mountain range |
St. Elias Range
St. Elias Mountains | a range of mountains between Alaska and the Yukon territory |
| Teton Range | a mountain range in northwest Wyoming, contains the Grand Teton |
| proportion ratio | the relation between things (or parts of things) with respect to their comparative quantity, magnitude, or degree, an inordinate proportion of the book is given over to quotations, a dry martini has a large proportion of gin |
case-to-infection proportion
case-to-infection ratio | the number of cases of a disease divided by the number of infections with the agent that causes the disease |
| ratio | the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient) |
| aspect ratio | the ratio of the width to the height of a tv picture |
focal ratio
f number
stop number
speed | the ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a (camera) lens system |