ranging
Extending across distances
Ranging describes movement or extension across a space, scale, or set of possibilities.
When prices are ranging from ten to fifty dollars, they span that interval; when animals are ranging across the plains, they roam freely over territory.
The word often appears in constructions with "from...to" to indicate the endpoints of variation: Topics ranging from politics to pop culture dominated the conversation.
Ranging can also describe the act of arranging or aligning things in rows or order.
Shifting irregularly over time
- spanningExtending across something
- extendingIncreasing in reach
- stretchingExtending muscles or material
- betweenIn the middle of
oscillating · shifting · variable · scaling · gradation · continuum · spectrum · distribution
Traveling with no fixed course
- rovingMoving from place to place
- roamingMoving without fixed purpose
- traversingMoving across an area
- nomadicWithout fixed residence
itinerant · exploring · trekking · rambling · meandering · territorial · grazing · foraging
Space between two points
coverage · expanse · spread · stretch · breadth · radius · perimeter · bounds
Measuring and charting terrain
- patrollingMonitoring by traversing
- searchingLooking to find
- trackingMonitoring location over time
- scoutingObserving to gather information
reconnoitering · observing · monitoring · sweeping · covering · canvassing · combing · quartering
Instrument measuring observer-to-target distance
- calibratingAdjusting for accuracy
- surveyingMeasuring and charting terrain
- sightingInstance of perceiving something
- targetingSelecting as objective
triangulating · telemetry · altimetry · bathymetry · ballistic · zeroing · bracketing
fluctuating
Shifting irregularly over time
- spanningExtending across something
- extendingIncreasing in reach
- stretchingExtending muscles or material
between · oscillating · shifting · variable · scaling · gradation · continuum · spectrum · distribution · spread
wandering
Traveling with no fixed course
- rovingMoving from place to place
- roamingMoving without fixed purpose
- traversingMoving across an area
nomadic · itinerant · exploring · trekking · rambling · meandering · territorial · grazing · foraging
distance
Space between two points
scope · coverage · expanse · spread · stretch · breadth · radius · perimeter · bounds · limits
surveying
Measuring and charting terrain
- patrollingMonitoring by traversing
- searchingLooking to find
- trackingMonitoring location over time
scouting · reconnoitering · observing · monitoring · sweeping · covering · canvassing · combing · quartering · hunting
rangefinder
Instrument measuring observer-to-target distance
- calibratingAdjusting for accuracy
- surveyingMeasuring and charting terrain
- sightingInstance of perceiving something
targeting · triangulating · telemetry · altimetry · bathymetry · ballistic · zeroing · bracketing
- Radarradar display, radar dish, Doppler radar, radar lock, radar imagery
- GPSsatellite, GPS navigation, GPS tracking, latitude, GPS receivers
- sound & depth measurementsonar, echo, depth, fathom, plumb
- gunnerygunnery, aiming, cannon, firing, gunner
- hound trainingrecall training, nose work, scenting, trailing, tracking
- Lidarlaser scanner, 3D scan, 3D mapping, time of flight, time-of-flight
rangingfixed
Restored or immovable
static · constant · unchanging · uniform · invariable