ANNUAL TUNE-UP: MY DEFINITION OF "RANGE"

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12 entries found for range.

range ( P ) Pronunciation Key (rnj)n.

1. Extent of perception, knowledge, experience, or ability.
2. The area or sphere in which an activity takes place.
3. The full extent covered: within the range of possibilities.
4. An amount or extent of variation: a wide price range.
5. Music. The gamut of tones that a voice or instrument is capable of producing.

Also called compass.

6. The maximum extent or distance limiting operation, action, or effectiveness, as of a projectile, aircraft, radio signal, or sound.
7. The maximum distance that can be covered by a vehicle with a specified payload before its fuel supply is exhausted.
8. The distance between a projectile weapon and its target. . . .
9. An extensive area of open land on which livestock wander and graze.
10. The geographic region in which a plant or animal normally lives or grows.
11. The act of wandering or roaming over a large area.
12. Mathematics. The set of all values a given function may take on.
13. Statistics. The difference or interval between the smallest and largest values in a frequency distribution.


v. intr.
1. To pass over or through an area or region in or as if in exploration.
2. To wander freely; roam.
3. To live or grow within a particular region.

Origins:
[Middle English, row, rank, from Old French, from rangier, to put in a row, from rang, reng, line, of Germanic origin. See sker-2 in Indo-European Roots.]
Synonyms: range, ambit, compass, orbit, purview, reach, scope, sweep
These nouns denote an area within which something acts, operates, or has power or control: the range of a nuclear missile; the ambit of municipal legislation; information within the compass of the article; countries within the political orbit of a world power; regulations under the government's purview; outside the reach of the law; issues within the scope of an investigation; outside the sweep of federal authority. See also synonyms at wander

Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.


range -- see at close range.

Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.


range (rnj) n.

In statistics, the difference or interval between the smallest and largest values in a frequency distribution.


Source: The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Range

A stock's low price and high price for a particular trading period, such as the close of a day's trading, the opening of a day's trading, a day, a month, or a year.

Investopedia Commentary

A stock that trades in a range for an extended period of time is sometimes said to be in a channel.

Related Links

Trading Trend Or Range?
Discovering Keltner Channels and the Chaikin Oscillator
Channeling: Charting A Path To Success


See also: 52 Week High/Low, Channel, Trading Range


Source: Investopedia.com. Copyright © 1999-2005 - All rights reserved. Owned and Operated by Investopedia Inc.
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range


The high and low prices reached by a security within a given period. A large range in relation to a security price tends to indicate greater price volatility, making the security a better candidate for trading purposes but not necessarily for investment purposes. Also called price range.




Source: Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms for Today's Investor by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.


Main Entry: range; Pronunciation: 'rAnj; Function: noun, often attributive

1 : the region throughout which a kind of organism or ecological community naturally lives or occurs
2 : the difference between the least and greatest values of an attribute or of the variable of a frequency distribution


Source: Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.


Main Entry: range; Function: intransitive verb; Inflected Forms: ranged; rang·ing
1 : to change or differ within limits
2 : of an organism : to live or occur in or be native to a region


Source: Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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range, n

1: an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"; "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" [syn: scope, reach, orbit, compass, ambit]

2: the limits within which something can be effective; "range of motion"; "he was beyond the reach of their fire" [syn: reach]

3: 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"

4: a series of hills or mountains; "the valley was between two ranges of hills"; "the plains lay just beyond the mountain range" [syn: mountain range, range of mountains, chain, mountain chain, chain of mountains]

5: 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"

6: the limits of the values a function can take; "the range of this function is the interval from 0 to 1"

7: a variety of different things or activities; "he answered a range of questions"; "he was impressed by the range and diversity of the collection"

8: the limit of capability; "within the compass of education" [syn: compass, reach, grasp]

9: a kitchen appliance used for cooking food; "dinner was already on the stove" [syn: stove, kitchen stove, kitchen range, cooking stove]

verb

1: change or be different within limits; "Estimates for the losses in the earthquake range as high as $2 billion"; "Interest rates run from 5 to 10 percent"; "The instruments ranged from tuba to cymbals"; "My students range from very bright to dull" [syn: run]

2: move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town" [syn: roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, drift, vagabond]

3: have a range; be capable of projecting over a certain distance, as of a gun; "This gun ranges over two miles"

4: range or extend over; occupy a certain area; "The plants straddle the entire state" [syn: straddle]

5: lay out in a line [syn: array, lay out, set out]

6: feed as in a meadow or pasture; "the herd was grazing" [syn: crop, browse, graze, pasture]

7: let eat; "range the animals in the prairie"

8: assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide" [syn: rate, rank, order, grade, place]

Source: WordNet ® 2.0, © 2003 Princeton University
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Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2005 Denis Howe

Source: U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau

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range in InvestorWords

Source: InvestorWords, © 2000 InvestorGuide.com, Inc.

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range: in CancerWEB's On-line Medical Dictionary

Source: On-line Medical Dictionary, © 1997-98 Academic Medical Publishing & CancerWEB
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