Range

In medicine and statistics, the difference between the lowest and highest numerical values. For example, if five premature infants are born weighing two, three, four, four, and five pounds respectively, the range of their birth weights is two to five pounds.

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A statistical measure of the dispersion or variation of values determined by the endpoint values themselves or the difference between them; e.g., in a group of children aged 6, 8, 9, 10, 13, and 16, the r. would be from 6 to 16 or, alternately, 10 (16 minus 6). [O.Fr. rang, line fr. Germanic]

- therapeutic r. refers to either the dosage r. or blood plasma or serum concentration usually expected to achieve desired therapeutic effects. Some patients will require doses (or concentrations) above or below this r.. Some patients will experience drug toxicity within this r..

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range 'rānj n, often attrib

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

range vi, ranged; rang·ing

1) to change or differ within limits <symptoms \range in severity from mild to severe>

2) of an organism to live or occur in or be native to a region

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(rānj) 1. the difference between the upper and lower limits of a variable or of a series of values. an interval in which values sampled from a population, or the values in the population itself, are known to lie. 2. the geographic region in which a given species is found.

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Synonyms:

Row, rank, line, tier, file, Class, rank, arrange, set in a row, dispose in order, Rove, ramble, wander, stroll, roam, course, straggle, rove at large / Class, order, kind, sort, Rove over, pass over, Consort, be classed, be ranked, rank / Excursion, wandering, ramble, expedition, roving, Sail along, pass near, Lie, run, bend, correspond in direction / Scope, sweep, compass, extent, reach, amplitude, latitude, command, discursive power / Compass, register

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Range — (engl. für Bereich, Intervall, Grenze) ist ein von Martin Fowler für die Softwaretechnik entwickeltes Analysemuster. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Range 2 Einsatz 3 Nutzung und Verwendung 4 … Deutsch Wikipedia
Range — Range, n. [From {Range}, v.: cf. F. rang[ e]e.] 1. A series of things in a line; a row; a rank; as, a range of buildings; a range of mountains. [1913 Webster] 2. An aggregate of individuals in one rank or degree; an order; a class. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
rangé — rangé, ée [ rɑ̃ʒe ] adj. • XIIIe; p. p. de 1. ranger 1 ♦ Bataille rangée. 2 ♦ (v. 1735) Qui mène une vie régulière, réglée, sans excès; qui a une bonne conduite. ⇒ sérieux. Cet homme si réglé, si rangé. « Mémoires d une jeune fille rangée », de S … Encyclopédie Universelle
range — [rānj] vt. ranged, ranging [ME rangen < OFr ranger, var. of rengier, to arrange in a circle, row (> ME rengen) < renc < Frank * hring, akin to OE, OHG hring,RING2] 1. to arrange in a certain order; esp., to set in a row or rows 2. to… … English World dictionary
rangé — rangé, ée (ran jé, jée) part. passé de ranger. 1° Mis dans un certain ordre. • Vingt muids rangés chez moi font ma bibliothèque, BOILEAU Lutr. IV. • Il était sur son char ; ses gardes affligés Imitaient son silence autour de lui rangés,… … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
range — n 1 *habitat, biotype, station 2 Range, gamut, reach, radius, compass, sweep, scope, orbit, horizon, ken, purview can denote the extent that lies within the powers of something to cover, grasp, control, or traverse. Range is the general term… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Range — (r[=a]nj), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ranged} (r[=a]njd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Ranging} (r[=a]n j[i^]ng).] [OE. rengen, OF. rengier, F. ranger, OF. renc row, rank, F. rang; of German origin. See {Rank}, n.] 1. To set in a row, or in rows; to place in a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Range — Range, v. i. 1. To rove at large; to wander without restraint or direction; to roam. [1913 Webster] Like a ranging spaniel that barks at every bird he sees. Burton. [1913 Webster] 2. To have range; to change or differ within limits; to be capable … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
range — [n1] sphere, distance, extent ambit, amplitude, area, bounds, circle, compass, confines, diapason, dimension, dimensions, domain, earshot*, elbowroom*, expanse, extension, extensity, field, gamut, hearing, ken, latitude, leeway, length, limits,… … New thesaurus
range — ► NOUN 1) the area of variation between limits on a particular scale: the car s outside my price range. 2) a set of different things of the same general type. 3) the scope or extent of a person s or thing s abilities or capacity. 4) the distance… … English terms dictionary
range — / reindʒ/, it. /rɛndʒ/ s. ingl. (propr. campo , dal medio fr. range ), usato in ital. al masch., invar. 1. [ambito nel quale varia una grandezza, spec. nel linguaggio scient.: r. di valori di una grandezza ] ▶◀ gamma, intervallo, ventaglio. 2.… … Enciclopedia Italiana

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