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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>DICTIONARY: rancor - range finder</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="rancor"> rancor, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> bitter resentment or ill will; extreme hatred or spite. Ex. This silly affair ... greatly increased his rancor against me (Benjamin Franklin). (SYN) malice, animosity. </DL> <A NAME="rancorous"> rancorous, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> spiteful; bitterly malicious. Ex. a rancorous old man. adv. rancorously. noun rancorousness. </DL> <A NAME="rancour"> rancour, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Especially British.) rancor. </DL> <A NAME="rand"> rand (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a strip of leather for leveling, set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached. <DD> 2. (British Dialect.) <DD> a. a border or margin, as of unplowed land around a field. <DD> b. a strip of meat. </DL> <A NAME="rand"> rand (2), noun, pl. rand.<DL COMPACT><DD> the unit of money of the Republic of South Africa equal to 100 cents. (Abbr:) R (no period). </DL> <A NAME="randan"> randan (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (British Dialect.) disorderly behavior; a spree. </DL> <A NAME="randan"> randan (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a style of rowing in which the middle one of three rowers in a boat uses a pair of sculls and the other two use one oar each. <DD> 2. a boat for such rowing. </DL> <A NAME="randb"> r & b, R & B, or R and B (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> rhythm and blues. Ex. R and B influenced the Beatles and other early groups (Sunday Times). </DL> <A NAME="randd"> R & D or R and D, (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> research and development. </DL> <A NAME="randem"> randem, adverb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adv. with three horses harnessed tandem. <DD>noun a carriage or a team driven randem. </DL> <A NAME="random"> random, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. by chance; with no plan, method, or purpose; casual. Ex. to take a random guess, to make a random sampling of opinion. He was not listening and made a random answer to the teacher's question. Cancer is brought about through a random mutation or change in the character of body cells (Observer). <DD>noun a random course or movement. expr. at random, by chance; with no plan or purpose. Ex. The librarian took a book at random from the shelf. Laurence had chosen these illustrations ... quite at random (William H. Mallock). adv. randomly. noun randomness. </DL> <A NAME="randomaccess"> random access,<DL COMPACT><DD> access to the memory of a computer in which each successive source of information is chosen at random and independent of the location of previous sources. Ex. Perhaps the most important attribute of random access to a memory is the ease with which it is possible to choose one or another command according to the process being executed, thus allowing branching into one or two or more possible programming sequences (Scientific American). adj. random-access. </DL> <A NAME="randomization"> randomization, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the act or process of randomizing. Ex. If the cards are dealt at random, any further randomization through the use of mixed strategies by the players is superfluous (Scientific American). <DD> 2. the state of being randomized. </DL> <A NAME="randomize"> randomize, transitive verb, intransitive verb, -ized, -izing.<DL COMPACT><DD> to put, take, or perform at random, especially in order to control the variables, as of a scientific experiment or statistical procedure. Ex. Shuffling randomizes a deck of ordered cards (Scientific American). If he tries to randomize in his head, unconscious biases creep in (Martin Gardner). noun randomizer. </DL> <A NAME="randomsample"> random sample,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Statistics.) a sample so drawn from the total group that every item in the group has an equal chance of being chosen. Ex. In theory, a random sample gives each case in the universe an equal chance of being included (Albert E. Waugh). </DL> <A NAME="randomsampling"> random sampling,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Statistics.) the process of selecting a random sample. Ex. Random sampling forms the basis of the work of the social scientists today (Listener). </DL> <A NAME="randomvariable"> random variable,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Statistics.) a variate. </DL> <A NAME="randomwalk"> random walk,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Statistics.) any movement or process whose individual steps are determined at random or by chance. Ex. The "random walk" model ... solved the mystery of Brownian motion, thus establishing the foundations of modern atomic theory (Scientific American). </DL> <A NAME="randr"> r. & r. or r.-'n'-r.,<DL COMPACT><DD> rock'n'roll. </DL> <A NAME="randr"> R and R (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Military.) rest and recuperation or rest and recreation (a five-day vacation leave given to American servicemen, exclusive of the annual 30-day leave, during each one-year tour of duty). </DL> <A NAME="randy"> randy, adjective, randier, randiest, noun, pl. randies.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. 1. boisterous; coarse; disorderly. Ex. Maire John herself was a randy old lady who would have delighted Apuleius in the days of silver Latin (New Yorker). <DD> 2. lewd; lustful. Ex. ... randy and rakish in their sexual appetites (G. S. Fraser). <DD>noun (Scottish.) 1. a rude beggar; rough tramp. <DD> 2. a virago. adv. randily. noun randiness. </DL> <A NAME="ranee"> ranee, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the wife of a rajah. <DD> 2. a ruling Hindu queen or princess. Also, rani. </DL> <A NAME="rang"> rang, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> a past tense of ring (2). Ex. The telephone rang. </DL> <A NAME="rangatira"> rangatira, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a Maori chief. <DD> 2. a Maori master or mistress. </DL> <A NAME="range"> range noun, verb, ranged, ranging, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. the distance between certain limits; extent. Ex. a range of colors to choose from, range of prices from 5 cents to 25 dollars, the average daily range of temperature, vocal range, a limited range of ideas. <DD> 2a. the distance a gun can shoot or a projectile, laser, radio, or other apparatus can operate. Ex. to be within range of the enemy. The useful range of these hand-held radio's is about three miles. <DD> b. the distance from a gun, launching pad, radio transmitter, or other place or device, of an object aimed at or used. Ex. to set the sights of a howitzer for a range of 1,000 yards. That camera lens is set for a range of three feet to infinity. <DD> 3. the greatest distance an aircraft, rocket, or the like, can travel on a single load of fuel. <DD> 4. a place to practice shooting. Ex. a missile range. <DD> 5. land for grazing. <DD> 6. the act of wandering or moving about. <DD> 7. a row or line of mountains. Ex. the Green Mountain range of the Appalachian system. Mount Rainier is in the Cascade Range. <DD> 8. a row, line, or series. Ex. The library has ranges of books in perfect order. <DD> 9. a line of direction. Ex. The two barns are in direct range with the house. <DD> 10. a rank, class, or order. Ex. The cohesion of the nation was greatest in the lowest ranges (William Stubbs). <DD> 11. the district in which certain plants or animals live or naturally occur. Ex. the reindeer, who is even less Arctic in his range than the musk ox (Elisha K. Kane). <DD> 12. a stove for cooking. Ex. Gas and electric ranges have replaced the coal and wood range. <DD> 13. (Mathematics.) <DD> a. the set of all the values a given function may take on. <DD> b. =domain. <DD> 14. (Statistics.) the difference between the smallest and the greatest values which a variable bears in frequency distribution. Ex. The range of this variation is unusually small. <DD> 15a. (U.S.) a row of townships, each six miles square, between two meridians six miles apart. <DD> b. (Canadian.) a subdivision of a township; concession. Ex. A real ghost roams about township 14, range 15 (Neepawa, Manitoba, Star). <DD> 16. (Surveying.) a line extended so as to intersecta transit line. <DD> 17. the part of an animal hide near the tail. <DD>v.i. 1. to extend between certain limits. Ex. prices ranging from $5 to $10. <DD> 2. to wander; rove; roam. Ex. to range through the woods. Our talk ranged over all that had happened on our vacation. <DD> 3. to run in a line; extend. Ex. a boundary ranging from east to west. <DD> 4. to be found; occur. Ex. a plant ranging from Canada to Mexico. <DD> 5. (of a gun, radio, laser, or other device) to have a particular range. <DD> 6. to find the distance or direction of something. <DD> 7. to take up or have a position in a line or other arrangement. <DD> 8. to search an area. Ex. The eye ranged over an immense extent of wilderness (Washington Irving). <DD>v.t. 1. to wander over. Ex. Buffalo once ranged these plains. <DD> 2. to put in a row or rows. Ex. Range the books by size. <DD> 3. to put in groups or classes; classify. <DD> 4. to put in a line on someone's side. Ex. Loyal citizens ranged themselves with the king. <DD> 5. to make straight or even. Ex. to range lines of type. <DD> 6a. to find the proper elevation for (a gun). <DD> b. to give the proper elevation to (a gun). <DD> 7. to direct (a telescope) upon an object; train. <DD>adj. of or on land for grazing. Ex. a range pony, range cattle. expr. Compass also emphasizes limits, but implies more definite ones that are likely to be permanent. Ex. Supernatural phenomena are beyond the compass of reason or science. </DL> <A NAME="rangefinder"> range finder,<DL COMPACT><DD> an instrument for estimating the range or distance of an object. Ex. This superb 35mm camera has lens-coupled range finder combined with view finder (Time). </DL> <A NAME="rangefinding"> rangefinding, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the act or process of estimating the range or distance of an object, as by a range finder. </DL> <A HREF="rangelan.dic">NEXT</A>