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Range (computer programming), the set of allowed values for a variable; Range, any kitchen stove with multiple burners, especially in the United States; All-electric range, the driving range of a vehicle using only power from its electric battery pack; Range of a projectile, the potential distance a projectile can be hurled by a firearm or cannon
English of or pertaining to England the English language (adj.) the foot-pound-second system of units [citation needed] (UK: Imperial) English (n.) spin placed on a ball in cue sports (UK: side) engineer: a technician or a person who mends and operates machinery one employed to design, build or repair equipment practitioner of engineering
2.2 English language. 2.3 Other specific languages. ... covering a wide range of fields such as computing, business and investing, along with almost any other class ...
A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms, sometimes simply as lists of synonyms and antonyms.
Synonym list in cuneiform on a clay tablet, Neo-Assyrian period [1] A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means precisely or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. [2] For example, in the English language, the words begin, start, commence, and initiate are all synonyms of one another: they are ...
Range Synonyms Plains coyote C. l. latrans nominate subspecies. Say: 1823 The largest subspecies; it has rather pale fur and bears large molars and carnassials. [66] The Great Plains from Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan south to New Mexico and the Texas Panhandle [67] [syn: C. l. nebracensis (Merriam, 1898) C. l. pallidus (Merriam, 1897 ...
It can range from 2 to 26 kg (4.4 to 57.3 lb), but is usually between 5 and 12 kg (11 and 26 lb). The smallest specimens live in southern Florida, while those near the northern limits of the raccoon's range tend to be the largest (see Bergmann's rule). [75] Males are usually 15 to 20% heavier than females. [76]
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the etymology of the word "elk" is "of obscure history". In Classical Antiquity, the European Alces alces was known as Ancient Greek: ἄλκη, romanized: álkē and Latin: alces, words probably borrowed from a Germanic language or another language of northern Europe.