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subrange en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- Proto-Indo-European *(H)rek-der. Proto-Celtic *reketi Gaulish *rekosbor.? Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-der. Proto-Germanic *rinkanąder. Proto-Germanic *rankaz Frankish *rankbor.? Vulgar Latin *rencus Old French reng Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Old French -ier Old French rengierbor. Middle English rengen English range English subrange From sub- + range.

Meanings

1. A subdivision of a mountain range.
   • His own reluctant namesake, Mount Beckey, rises some 8,500 feet in a largely uncharted subrange near the Cathedral Spires of southeastern Alaska. 2008 December 16, Michael Brick, “At 85, More Peaks to Conquer and Adventures to Seek”, in New York Times:
2. A subset of a given range or numeric set.
   • The program defines two subrange types.
   • We are concerned with the subrange of integers between a and b.

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