subrange

See also: sub-range

English

Alternative forms

• sub-range

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

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Latin -ereinflu.

Latin -āre

Old French -ier

Old French rengierbor.

Middle English rengen

English range

English subrange

From sub- + range.

Noun

subrange (plural subranges)

1. (geography) A subdivision of a mountain range.
   • 2008 December 16, Michael Brick, “At 85, More Peaks to Conquer and Adventures to Seek”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:

     His own reluctant namesake, Mount Beckey, rises some 8,500 feet in a largely uncharted subrange near the Cathedral Spires of southeastern Alaska.

     (Can we archive this URL?)

2. (mathematics, programming) A subset of a given range or numeric set.

   We are concerned with the subrange of integers between a and b.

   The program defines two subrange types.

Anagrams

• subregna