Ranging
['reɪndʒɪŋ] or [rendʒ]
Definition
(adj.) wandering freely; 'at night in bed...his slowly ranging thoughts...encountered her' .
Edited by Darrell--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Range
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Examples
- Lieb wrote from Milan, Italy, that he had in use on the Edison system there 360 meters ranging from 350 ampere-hours per month up to 30,000. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Its fiber is very long, ranging from six to ten feet, and is noted for its smoothness and pliability, a feature which makes it ideal for rope making. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The full-grown tree is quite large, ranging sixty feet and over in height and about eight feet around the trunk. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I was like a wild beast that had broken the toils; destroying the objects that obstructed me, and ranging through the wood with a stag-like swiftness. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- The dots are of various sizes, ranging from a minute stipple to a solid black, and they present to the eye the same effect as the unbroken tones of a photograph. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In the ivory storage vaults of one large company, there is held from $150,000 to $300,000 worth of ivory, ranging from the tusk up to the finished product. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- This halftone screen is a glass plate ruled with lines at right angles ranging, for different purposes, from 60 to 200 lines to the inch. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Improved factory facilities were introduced; new tools were made, and various types of machines were designed so that phonographs can now be bought at prices ranging from $10 to $200. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- She did not know where he was ranging. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The cause of lowly-organised plants ranging widely will be discussed in our chapter on Geographical Distribution. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
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