Definitions for ranging
rang·ing

Princeton's WordNet(1.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. ranging(adj)

   wandering freely

   "at night in bed...his slowly ranging thoughts...encountered her"

Webster Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Ranging

   of Range

Freebase(5.00 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Ranging

   Ranging is a process or method to determine the distance from one location or position to another location or position. Another term for this method is lateration. Further development led to cooperative systems, where both locations are equipped with respective apparatus and thus provide bilateral measuring and to multilateral measurement between a larger set of locations, see multilateration. Members in the class of active ranging systems operate with unilateral transmission and passive reflections, as ⁕SONAR, ⁕RADAR and ⁕LIDAR. Special ranging makes use of actively synchronized transmission and travel time measurements, hence the time difference between several received signals is used to determine exact distances. This principle is used with SatNav, the Satellite Navigation class of systems. In conjunction with a standardized model of the Globe surface a certain location on the Globe may be determined with high accuracy. Ranging methods without accurate time synchronization of the receiver are called pseudorange, used e.g. in GPS positioning. With other systems ranging is obtained from passive radiation measurements only, hence the noise or radiation signature of the object is generating the signal that is computed for range. However such asynchronous method requires multiple measurements to obtain range by taking multiple bearings instead of appropriate scaling of active pings, otherwise the system is just capable to provide a simple bearing from any sole measurement.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms(4.33 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. ranging

   The process of establishing target distance. Types of ranging include echo, intermittent, manual, navigational, explosive echo, optical, radar, etc. See also spot.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer(4.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. ranging

   The disposal of troops in proper order for an engagement, manœuvres, or march, etc.

How to pronounce ranging?

1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of ranging in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of ranging in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of ranging in a Sentence

1. Richard Shelby:

   A special prosecutor generally is far-ranging and never stops, it goes everywhere and generally there's not much discipline to them.

2. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern:

   Alongside Israel, and a small number of Pacific Islands who have effectively closed their border, this decision will mean New Zealand will have the widest ranging and toughest border restrictions of any country in the world.

3. Claudio Semini:

   Compared to other teams in China and the U.S. we have focused a lot on the versatility. So this (HyQ) platform can do many different motions ranging from very fast motions like a run or a jump. But it can also do the more careful navigation on rough terrain where we need to plan really one foothold after the next. And this is important, once we see the 3D map of the environment we can start to understand how to best move through that environment, we don't want to be the fastest or the best climber, but we want to have a machine that can do many of these motions; as in the real world, the machine will need to have many different skills.

4. Denis Pushilin:

   It's possible OSCE representatives have not always been objective due to various reasons ranging from the technical to the demands of high politics, however we absolutely are not interested in the mission ending its operation.

5. Laura Elizabeth Riley:

   I think the ramifications of having these diseases is wider ranging than people really appreciate.

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