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Definition: Range Finder |
Range FinderNoun1. A measuring instrument (acoustic or optical or electronic) for finding the distance of an object. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Geography | An optical instrument for measuring distances. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: Range FinderSynonym: rangefinder (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Range Finder |
| English words defined with "range finder": Position finder. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "range finder": commercial photographer ♦ GUN SYNCHRONIZER ♦ PHOTOGRAPHER, STILL. (references) |
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High Tech |
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Consumer Goods | |||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | First track of sonic range finder on USS STEWART Crossed north Atlantic with sonic sounding device Made approximately 900 soundings from United States to Gibraltar.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Its main defense products include radar and missiles (surveillance and tracking radar for K-SAM), Fire Control System (for K-1 tank, M-48, and Naval Command and Fire Control System), Electro-Optical Devices (Night Vision, Laser Range Finder, and Thermal Imaging System) and tactical communication equipment. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
Expression using "range finder": range finder for sound. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
range finder | 187 |
laser range finder | 152 |
golf range finder | 50 |
bushnell range finder | 44 |
leica range finder | 24 |
nikon range finder | 19 |
optical range finder | 11 |
bushnell laser range finder | 6 |
range finder binoculars | 5 |
golf laser range finder | 5 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "range finder"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | telemetër (telemeter), largësimatës (telemeter), eksponometër. (various references) | |
Arabic | جهاز تحديد المدى. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | далекомерист, далекомер (telemeter). (various references) | |
Czech | dálkomìr. (various references) | |
Danish | telemeter (geodetical range finder, telemeter, topographical range finder), distancemåler (telemeter), afstandsmåler (telemeter). (various references) | |
Dutch | afstandsmeter (rangefinder, range-finder, telemeter), afstandmeter (telemeter). (various references) | |
Finnish | etäisyysmittari (rangefinder, telemeter). (various references) | |
French | télémètre (rangefinder, range-finder), stadimètre. (various references) | |
German | Entfernungsmesser (rangefinder, range-finder, telemeter). (various references) | |
Greek | ερευνητής αποστάσεων διπλού νήματος (stadia range finder), ερευνητής αποστάσεων (geodetical range finder, topographical range finder), τηλέμετρο διπλού νήματος (stadia range finder), τοπογραφικό τηλέμετρο (geodetical range finder, topographical range finder). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מ" טווח. (various references) | |
Hungarian | távolságmérõ (odometer, stadia, telemeter), optikai távolságmérõ. (various references) | |
Italian | distanziometro ottico (telemeter). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 距離計 , 測距儀 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | そっきょぎ, きょりけい. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | angeray inderfay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | telémetro (rangefinder, range-finder, telemeter). (various references) | |
Russian | дальномер (ambulator). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | daljinomer (telemeter). (various references) | |
Spanish | telémetro (rangefinder, range-finder, telemeter). (various references) | |
Swedish | avståndsmätare (telemeter). (various references) | |
Turkish | uzaklıkölçer, telemetre (telemeter). (various references) | |
Ukranian | далекомірник, далекомір. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-f-g-i-n-n-r-r" | |
-2 letters: deafening, deferring, endearing, engrained, grenadier, grenadine, reearning, refrained, rendering, rereading. | |
-3 letters: deringer, endanger, ferriage, fingered, fingerer, gardener, garnered, inferred, infrared, rarefied, regained, regainer. | |
-4 letters: adenine, aginner, angered, angrier, darning, deaning, definer, deraign, derange, dernier, drainer, dreeing, earning, earring, energid, engined, engrain, enraged, farding, fearing, feeding, feigned, feigner, fending, fernier, ferried, freeing, fringed, gnarred, gradine, grained, grainer, grandee, grander, grannie, grenade, grinder, grinned, grinner, nardine, nearing, needing, nerdier, randier, rangier, readier, reading, rearing, reeding, reefing, refined, refiner, refired, refrain, refried, reginae, regrade, regrind, reigned, rending. | |
-5 letters: aedine, aeried, aerier, agreed, arider, danger, daring, darner, deafen, deafer, dearer, dearie, defang, defier, define, denari, denier, dinger, dinner, dragee, earing, earned, earner, edgier, endear, ending, endrin, engine, engird, ennead, enrage, errand, erring, fadein, fading, faerie, fainer, faired, fairer, fanged, fanned, fanner, faring, feared, fearer, feeing, fender, feriae, ferine, finder, finger, finned, fridge, friend, fringe, gained, gainer, gander, garden, garner, garred, geared, gender, genera, ginned, ginner, girder, girned, grader, gradin, inaner, indene, infare, narine, neared, nearer, nereid, raider, rained, ranged, ranger, raring, reader, reagin, reared, redear, redfin, rediae, reding, reearn, refind, refine, refire, regain, regard, regear, regina, reined, render, reread, ringed, ringer. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 61 6E 67 65      46 69 6E 64 65 72 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01100001 01101110 01100111 01100101 00100000 01000110 01101001 01101110 01100100 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R a n g e   F i n d e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0061 006E 0067 0065      0046 0069 006E 0064 0065 0072 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)52678073712407580707184 |
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