- The range of a vehicle is the maximum distance it can cover without needing to be refueled or recharged.
- The range of a gun or missile is the maximum distance it can be fired over and still hit its target. The actual distance
that the missile can travel will sometimes be greater than its range, but in these cases accuracy is not guaranteed if the target
is out of range.
- In telecommunications range is the maximum
distance by which communication is still possible, i.e. any degradation of signal quality is still at an acceptable level. Some
short-range standards are bluetooth and IrDA.
- In biology the range of an organism is the
geographical area within which that species, subspecies etc. can be found. Sometimes a distinction is made between natural range and the places to
which the species has been introduced by more or less
deliberate human agency.
- In mathematics there are several meanings:
- The range of a mathematical function is the set of all output values of the function. This is
distinct from the codomain of the function, which is the set of all
possible output values of the function.
- The numerical range, or
field of value, of a real or complex matrix A is the set:
{x*Ax : x is a unit vector}.
- In Computer Programming it describes the maximum and
minimum values that can be stored in a variable, or the maximum number of
values that can be stored in an array. For example the range of an integer variable might be any whole number from
-32,768 to +32,767.
- In American English, a range is a type of
major appliance, consisting of several (usually four) gas burners or electric heating elements. It is
typically seen on top of an oven. In British English this is called a hob, and the word range is reserved for an exceptionally large oven and hob combination (typically with six or
more heating elements and more than one oven).
- In agriculture and geography, range is arid land where cattle are permitted to roam and feed on whatever vegetation
might be present.
- In music, the range of a musical instrument is the distance from the lowest to the highest
pitch it can play whilst the range of a musical part is the distance
between its lowest and highest note. The duration range is the difference between the shortest and longest rhythm used. Dynamic range is the difference between the quietest and loudest volume
of an instrument, part or piece of music.
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