range of mountains

  • 51range — [[t]reɪndʒ[/t]] n. adj. v. ranged, rang•ing 1) the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible: the range of steel prices[/ex] 2) the extent or scope of something: one s range of vision[/ex] 3) the distance to which a… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 52Mountains of the Iveragh Peninsula — The Mountains of the Iveragh Peninsula are not found in a single mountain range, but instead consist of a number of unnamed mountain ranges found on the Iveragh Peninsula of County Kerry, in Ireland. The mountains dealt with here include all… …

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  • 53range — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. row, series, chain; scope, extent; habitat; limit, span, latitude; compass, register; Distance; stove[top], cooktop. See continuity, space, business, freedom, direction, degree. II (Roget s IV) n. 1.… …

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  • 54range*/*/*/ — [reɪndʒ] noun I 1) [C] a number of different things that are of the same general type We discussed a range of issues affecting professional women.[/ex] We stock a wide range of office furniture.[/ex] 2) [C] all the numbers, ages, measurements etc …

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  • 55range — n. & v. n. 1 a the region between limits of variation, esp. as representing a scope of effective operation (a voice of astonishing range; the whole range of politics). b such limits. c a limited scale or series (the range of the thermometer… …

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  • 56range — {{11}}range (n.) c.1200, row or line of persons (especially hunters or soldiers), from O.Fr. range range, rank, from rangier to place in a row, arrange, from reng row, line (see RANK (Cf. rank) (n.)). Meaning row of mountains is from 1705.… …

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  • 57range — noun 1》 the area of variation between limits on a particular scale. 2》 a set of different things of the same general type: a wide range of banking services. 3》 the scope or extent of a person s or thing s abilities or capacity. 4》 the distance… …

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  • 58Gerês Mountains — ▪ mountains, Europe Portuguese  Serra Do Gerês        short range of mountains, less than 20 mi (32 km) long, with a maximum width of about 11 mi, reaching an elevation of nearly 5,000 ft (1,507 m). They run east northeast from Portugal s… …

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  • 59mountains —    A region or landscape characterized by mountains and their intervening valleys; a generic name for any group, cluster, or sequence of mountains or narrowly spaced mountain ridges, with or without peaks, closely related in position, orientation …

    Glossary of landform and geologic terms

  • 60chain of mountains — range of mountains, series of mountains located in a group …

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