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noun
- Line or series of mountains.
- Large fuel-burning stove.
- Selection, array. Eg: A range of cars.
- Area used for shooting, artillery, etc.
- An area of open, often unfenced, grazing land.
- (mathematics) The set of values (points) which a function can obtain.
- (statistics) The length of the smallest interval which contains all the data. It is calculated by subtracting the smallest observations from the greatest.
- The distance to a target, or to the subject of discussion.
- We could see the ship at a range of five miles.
- (sports) (baseball) The defensive area that a player can cover.
- Jones has good for a big man.
- (music) Compass - 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.
verb (ranges, ranging, ranged)
- (intransitive) (followed by over) To travel over (an area, etc) with a particular purpose.
- (intransitive) (mathematics, computing; followed by over) Of a variable, to be able to take any of the values in a specified range.
- The variable x ranges over all real values from 0 to 10.
- (transitive) classify
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noun
- a small rocket engine on a larger rocket or spacecraft designed to slow or reverse its motion
| | rocket |
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noun
- a rocket engine
- (military) non-guided missile
- vehicle propelled by an engine which makes use of w:Newton's laws of motion, Newton's Third Law of Motion by expelling burned fuel as exhaust at a high rate
- a projectile firework
- (slang) An ace (the playing card)
verb
- To accelerate swiftly and powerfully
- To fly vertically
- To rise or soar rapidly
- To carry something in a rocket
- To attack something with rockets
| | rocketeer |
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noun
- Somebody who designs, launches, operates, or travels in a rocket.
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noun - The making and launching of rockets, its science and practice.
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noun
- (uncountable) the science or study of rockets and their design
- (uncountable, idiom) anything overly complex, detailed or confusing
- It's not . Just screw in the bulb and flip the switch.
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