What does Terrain mean?

Definitions for Terrain
təˈreɪnter·rain

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. terrainnoun

    a piece of ground having specific characteristics or military potential

    "they decided to attack across the rocky terrain"

Wiktionary

  1. terrainnoun

    A single, distinctive rock formation; an area having a preponderance of a particular rock or group of rocks.

  2. terrainnoun

    An area of land or the particular features of it.

  3. Etymology: From terrain, from terrenum, neuter of terrenus, from terra.

Wikipedia

  1. Terrain

    Terrain or relief (also topographical relief) involves the vertical and horizontal dimensions of land surface. The term bathymetry is used to describe underwater relief, while hypsometry studies terrain relative to sea level. The Latin word terra (the root of terrain) means "earth." In physical geography, terrain is the lay of the land. This is usually expressed in terms of the elevation, slope, and orientation of terrain features. Terrain affects surface water flow and distribution. Over a large area, it can affect weather and climate patterns.

ChatGPT

  1. terrain

    Terrain, in a general context, refers to the physical features and geographical characteristics of a piece of land or a particular area. This can include aspects such as the presence of mountains, hills, valleys, rivers, deserts, forests, or fields, as well as the relative levelness or steepness of the land surface.

Wikidata

  1. Terrain

    Terrain, or land relief, is the vertical and horizontal dimension of land surface. When relief is described underwater, the term bathymetry is used. Terrain is used as a general term in physical geography, referring to the lay of the land. This is usually expressed in terms of the elevation, slope, and orientation of terrain features. Terrain affects surface water flow and distribution. Over a large area, it can affect weather and climate patterns.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Terrain

    ter′ān, n. (geol.) any series of rocks continuously related: any tract considered in relation to its fitness for some purpose. [Fr.,—L. terrenum.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Terrain in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Terrain in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of Terrain in a Sentence

  1. Anthony Shaffer:

    The left is always asking why do you need guns. This is why, to have a large population armed and able to defend its terrain, this is one of the reasons Japan never invaded the U.S., they felt there would be an American with a gun behind every bush.

  2. Marco Hutter:

    The big advantage of four legged systems is that we (they) can go on one side statically stable, which means that we're (they're) moving one foot at a time, so the robot is always stable, so you could just shut down all the motors and it will not fall over. So this is something you apply in a critical situation where you have terrain that you might not know if there is obstacles or something.

  3. The Miami-based center:

    Areas of heavy rain are expected over portions of eastern. Mexico tonight through Tuesday, these rains could cause life-threatening flash floods and mud slides, especially in areas of high terrain.

  4. Dickson County Sheriff Jeff Bledsoe:

    The terrain can be treacherous, it can be very demanding and trying.

  5. Rahul Verma:

    I feel BJP is hell-bent on running this campaign on national security, basically if they bring up any other thing, they would be on a difficult terrain, like on economic issues or on their performance.

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