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short-range

short-range
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [shawrt reynj]
    • /ʃɔrt reɪndʒ/
    • /ʃɔːt reɪndʒ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [shawrt reynj]
    • /ʃɔrt reɪndʒ/

Definitions of short-range word

  • adjective short-range having a limited extent, as in distance or time: a short-range shot; a short-range plan. 1
  • noun short-range covering a limited distance 1
  • adjective short-range Short-range weapons or missiles are designed to be fired across short distances. 0
  • adjective short-range of small or limited extent in time or distance 0
  • adjective short-range designating or of a gun, aircraft, missile, etc. that has only a relatively short range 0
  • adjective short-range not looking far into the future 0
See all 6 definitions of short-range

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Origin of short-range

First appearance:

before 1865
One of the 28% newest English words
First recorded in 1865-70

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Parts of speech for Short-range

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Short-range

short-range popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 39% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 63% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

Synonyms for short-range

adj short-range

  • band-aid — A Band-Aid is a small piece of sticky tape that you use to cover small cuts or wounds on your body.
  • for the time being — the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
  • make do — something that serves as a substitute, especially of an inferior or expedient nature: We had to get along with make-dos during the war.
  • make-do — something that serves as a substitute, especially of an inferior or expedient nature: We had to get along with make-dos during the war.
All 4 Synonyms of short-range

Related words

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    An Airbus is an aeroplane which is designed to carry a large number of passengers for fairly short distances.

  • low beam

    an automobile headlight beam providing short-range illumination of a road and intended chiefly for use in driving on the streets of cities, towns, etc.

  • near field communication

    a short-range wireless communication system that uses radio waves to enable a phone or other mobile device to interact with another device or card reader: Near Field Communication essentially lets your phone replace your credit cards. Abbreviation: NFC.

  • strong force

    Also called nuclear force. the short-range attractive force between baryons that holds together the nucleus of the atom.

  • yukawa meson

    a hypothetical elementary particle with finite rest mass, whose exchange between nucleons would account for the strong short-range forces between nucleons: subsequently identified as the pion.
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