ETYM From Range: cf. French rangée.
1. The limits within which something can be effective; SYN. reach.
2. The limits of the values a function can take.<br />
3. A variety of different things or activities.
4. A place for shooting (firing or driving) projectiles of various kinds.
5. A series of hills or mountains; SYN. mountain range, range of mountains, chain, mountain chain, chain of mountains.
6. A large tract of grassy open land on which livestock can graze.
ETYM Old Eng. roum, rum, space, as. rűm.
1. An area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling.
2. Opportunity for.
3. Space for movement; SYN. way, elbow room, space, clearance.
4. The people who are present in a room.
ETYM Old Eng. space, French espace, from Latin spatium space; cf. Greek span to draw, to tear; perh. akin to Eng. span. Related to Expatiate.
1. The unlimited 3-dimensional expanse in which everything is located.
2. An empty area (usually bounded in some way between things).
3. An area reserved for some particular purpose.
4. (Mathematics) Any set of points that satisfy a set of postulates of some kind; SYN. topological space.
5. One of the areas between or below or above the lines of a musical staff.
Die äußere Form der sinnl. erfaßbaren Wirklichkeit, gekennzeichnet durch das Ausgedehntsein (Länge, Breite, Höhe) von Gegenständlichem u. das Auseinandersein räuml. Gegenstände in drei Dimensionen. Aristoteles definiert R. als das Begrenzende der Körper, der Rationalismus setzt R. mit Materie gleich, die Renaissance (N. Kopernikus, G. Bruno) betont die Vorstellung eines unendl. astronom. R.s. Der Kritizismus Kants bestimmt R. u. Zeit als apriorische Anschauungsformen. Die Physik geht vom geometr. R. bzw. von der euklid. Geometrie aus, deren Gültigkeit sie jedoch auf den Bereich unserer gewöhnl. Erfahrung beschränkt. Die Relativitätstheorie zeigt, daß R. u. Zeit eine Einheit bilden. Die Math. bez. den R. stark verallgemeinernd als eine Menge von Elementen, zw. denen bestimmte Beziehungen bestehen.
ETYM Old Eng. space, French espace, from Latin spatium space; cf. Greek span to draw, to tear; perh. akin to Eng. span. Related to Expatiate.
1. The unlimited 3-dimensional expanse in which everything is located.
2. An empty area (usually bounded in some way between things).
3. An area reserved for some particular purpose.
4. (Mathematics) Any set of points that satisfy a set of postulates of some kind; SYN. topological space.
5. One of the areas between or below or above the lines of a musical staff.