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Meaning of "downrange" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DOWNRANGE

downrange  [ˈdaʊnˈreɪndʒ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DOWNRANGE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Downrange can act as an adjective and an adverb.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES DOWNRANGE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Downrange

Downrange is the horizontal distance traveled by a spacecraft, or the spacecraft's horizontal distance from the launch site. More often, it is used as an adverb or adjective specifying the direction of that travel being measured in a horizontal direction. In military slang, downrange is a term for being deployed overseas, usually in a war zone. It is also the name of a comic strip published in the newspaper Stars and Stripes.

Definition of downrange in the English dictionary

The definition of downrange in the dictionary is in the direction of the intended flight path of a rocket or missile.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DOWNRANGE


arrange
əˈreɪndʒ
change
tʃeɪndʒ
derange
dɪˈreɪndʒ
disarrange
ˌdɪsəˈreɪndʒ
enrange
ɪnˈreɪndʒ
estrange
ɪˈstreɪndʒ
exchange
ɪksˈtʃeɪndʒ
grange
ɡreɪndʒ
mange
meɪndʒ
mid-range
ˈmɪdreɪndʒ
misarrange
ˌmɪsəˈreɪndʒ
multirange
ˈmʌltɪˌreɪndʒ
omnirange
ˈɒmnɪˌreɪndʒ
outrange
ˌaʊtˈreɪndʒ
overarrange
ˌəʊvərəˈreɪndʒ
prearrange
ˌpriːəˈreɪndʒ
range
reɪndʒ
rearrange
ˌriːəˈreɪndʒ
strange
streɪndʒ
top-of-the-range
ˌtɒpəvðəˈreɪndʒ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DOWNRANGE

downlink
download
downloadable
downloading
downlooked
downlow
Downpatrick
downpipe
downplay
downpour
downregulation
downright
downrightly
downrightness
downrush
downs
downscale
downshift
downshifter
downshifting

WORDS THAT END LIKE DOWNRANGE

age range
Agent Orange
blood orange
burnt orange
driving range
dynamic range
free-range
gas range
home range
interquartile range
Lagrange
Lange
long-range
mountain range
orange
price range
product range
salary range
shooting range
short-range
the Grange

Synonyms and antonyms of downrange in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «downrange» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DOWNRANGE

Find out the translation of downrange to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of downrange from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «downrange» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

靶场
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

downrange
570 millions of speakers

English

downrange
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

downrange
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

downrange
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

стрелковой позиции
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

downrange
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

downrange
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

downrange
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Downrange
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

downrange
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

射程に沿って
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

사정 지역
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Downrange
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

downrange
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

downrange
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

क्षितीज
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

İnişe
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

downrange
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

downrange
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

стрілецької позиції
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

downrange
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

downrange
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

downrange
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

nedåtgående
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

downrange
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of downrange

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DOWNRANGE»

The term «downrange» is regularly used and occupies the 61.962 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DOWNRANGE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «downrange» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «downrange» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about downrange

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DOWNRANGE»

Discover the use of downrange in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to downrange and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Inspirations from Downrange
Albert Amara. marriage today. You better do it now before the view becomes blurry." The words of Proverbs 4: 23-27 pound through his heart as his feet pound that street into what seemed like a sincere simultaneous warning of "don't look ...
Albert Amara, 2005
2
Code of Federal Regulations, Title 14, Aeronautics and ...
Flight Corridor t (right side) (d) Construction of a Downrange Area of a Flight Corridor (1) The downrange area analysis estimates the debris dispersion for the downrange time points on a launch vehicle trajectory. An applicant shall perform the ...
Office of the Federal Register (U S ), 2010
3
Without Contention – the Plight of Homeless Veterans
Chapter. Four. Going. Downrange. Going Downrange Since the United States went to war in Afghanistan in 2001 and Iraq in 2003, about 2.5 million members of the Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, Coast Guard, and related Reserve and ...
Chaplain David Lefavor, D.Min, BCC, 2014
4
Development of an Analytical Guidance Algorithm for Lunar ...
Christina Tvrdik Chomel. 5.1 Monte Carlo Simulation Results With No Per Run Target Trajectory Change: Downrange vs. Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 5.2 Monte Carlo Simulation Results With No Per Run Target Trajectory Change: Altitude vs.
Christina Tvrdik Chomel, 2007
5
Gun Digest Book of Long-Range Shooting
My thinking was that at 200 yards, I could get accustomed to my equipment and methods of rifle and cartridge chronographing downrange. As the Speer TNT had a somewhat different shape from that found on the other 224 bullets due in part ...
Lp Brezny, 2007
6
Black Powder Loading Manual
DOWNRANGE. BULLET. PERFORMANCE. The lead conical bullets in the center are compared with. BULLET PERFORMANCE IS more than authority on big game. The little 32-caliber roundball, for example, is deadly on wild turkeys, small  ...
Sam Fadala, 2003
7
Radar Cross Section, Second Edition
A downrange image shows RCS intensity versus downrange direction, Figure 14.16, usually with the illumination source on the left side. An azimuth-do wnrange plot combines both angle variation and downrange, Figure 14.17. A down-cross ...
Eugene F. Knott, John Shaeffer, Michael Tuley, 2004
8
The reduction of airborne lead in indoor firing ranges by ...
3.4 Airborne Lead Downrange The test fixture used to obtain downrange samples has been described earlier. Figure 13 is a photograph of the impact plate, the particle filter and the sampling pump. The projectile, on impacting the steel plate, ...
A. A. Juhasz, National Institute of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice, Law Enforcement Standards Laboratory, 1977
9
Laser Induced Damage in Optical Materials: Proceedings of a ...
The PLVTS diagnostic suite was used during both the laboratory and downrange experiments. Table 2. PLVTS Diagnostic Instrumentation Suite Intrinsic to the operation of the dianostic instrumentation is the acquisition and processing of the  ...
10
The Code of Federal Regulations of the United States of America
(2) An applicant shall define and map an overflight exclusion zone using the following method: (i) Select a debris dispersion radius (Dm„) from table A-1 and a downrange distance (Doez) from table A-2 to define an overflight exclusion zone for ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DOWNRANGE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term downrange is used in the context of the following news items.
1
U.S. Military Makes Monumental Shift To Hollowpoint Pistol …
... is more humane and less of a risk to innocent civilians downrange in modern combat where there are often no clear front lines. The MHS ... «Bearing Arms, Jul 15»
2
Shotgun Wedding: What It's Like to Get Married at a Gun Range
"We let them get married down range where the guns were shot. And then they actually got to shoot downrange where they just got married 20 ... «VICE, Jul 15»
3
Larry Vickers tries a 250 yard pistol shot with Glock 10mm (VIDEO)
... Larry Vickers tried his hand at some long range handgun marksmanship with a sick shot on an MGM target at 2.5 football fields downrange. «Guns.com, Jul 15»
4
5000 days of unremitting war
“Our focus has constantly been downrange and working to accomplish the mission to the best of our ability.” The 17th STS, located at Fort ... «Hilltop Times, Jul 15»
5
Army team takes Interservice Rifle Championship
Soldiers, with the U.S. Army Reserve team, fire downrange during the 54th Interservice Rifle Championship on Marine Corps Base Quantico, ... «United States Army, Jul 15»
6
A Student Of The Gun
... my chest, arms and shoulders to help control recoil, I learned how to employ all of those components for improved downrange accuracy. «Scout, Jul 15»
7
Gun Test: Kimber Solo Crimson Carry
... more force on the strong hand's middle finger and send that brilliant red beam downrange. As for accuracy with the Crimson Trace Lasergrip, ... «Daily Caller, Jul 15»
8
Diamond Dragon enhances US, UK crisis response
... agencies a chance to update newer personnel in procedures to support military and civilian alike, downrange and in residential settings. «Air Force Link, Jul 15»
9
3 tips for long range shooting
As well, the wind can blow, say, from the right to the left directly in front of you but then shift halfway downrange so that it's blowing from the left ... «Guns.com, Jul 15»
10
US ANG and AFRC's KC-135 Stratotankers to receive three system …
... be taken off one aircraft and installed on another with relative ease, so they will be centrally located and installed based on need downrange. «Airforce Technology, Jul 15»

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