subrangen.
/ˈsʌbreɪn(d)ʒ/, U.S. /ˈsəbˌreɪndʒ/ 1. A subsidiary range of mountains.
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1838 W. F. Ainsworth Res. Assyria, Babylonia, & Chaldæa 307 An upland, composed likewise of chalk..terminates to the north, generally in an abrupt escarpment, but sometimes in a low sub-range.
1860 R. F. Burton in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 1859 29 125 An extensive view of subrange and hill-spur.
1911 I. Bowman Forest Physiogr. xi. 158 North of the boundary the topography of this subrange becomes much less bold.
2000 C. D. Whiteman Mountain Meteorol. x. 161 Similar wind systems are features of the wind climatology around the Pyrenees and subranges of the Alps.
2. Mathematics. A range of values forming a subset of a larger range.
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standard deviation1895
s.d.1902
subrange1903
range1911
variance1918
span1962
sigma1978
1903 B. Russell Princ. Math. 527 This does not destroy Cantor's proof that a range has more sub-ranges than members.
1956 A. A. Townsend Struct. Turbulent Shear Flow iii. 45 In this subrange [of Reynolds numbers], the motion is independent of the viscosity.
2001 J. D. Hoffman Numerical Methods Engineers & Scientists (ed. 2) vi. 300 The overall range of integration is broken into several subranges.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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