Terrain

Definition: Terrain

Terrain

Noun

1. A piece of ground having specific characteristics or military potential; "they decided to attack across the rocky terrain".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "terrain" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references)

Mining

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Crosswords: Terrain

French (course, court, field, ground, grounds, land, pitch, plot, site, terrain), German (earth, land, location, place, soil, spot, terrain, territory).

You sift through the detritus, you read the terrain, you search for signs of passing, for the scent of your prey and then you hunt them down. (Heat; writing credit: Michael Mann)

Train Terrain (1971)

Terrain vague (1960)

Time and Terrain (1948)

Terrain Vague (2003)

Glissement de terrain (2001)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• Terrain Gesellschaft am Teltow Canal Rudow AG: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

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Books

• The Good Rain: Across Time and Terrain in the Pacific Northwest (Vintage Departures) (reference)

• What's Next? Exploring the New Terrain for Business (reference)

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Periodicals

• Terrain (reference)

• Whole Terrain (reference)

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Theater & Movies

• Trailside-All Terrain Hiking G (reference)

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Music

• Terrain of Possibilities (reference)

• Across Uneven Terrain (reference)

• Lost Terrain (reference)

• Uncharted Terrain (reference)

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High Tech

• Math Blaster Cross Terrain Challenge Ages 9-12 (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Nailers 60270 X2 All Terrain Pro Knee Pad (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

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The aerosol generators or "fogging machines" range from small hand-held backpack units, to units that fit onto all terrain vehicles, as well as large truck mounted units.Credit: CDC.

Various terrain types seen on Ganymede.Credit: NASA.

Nippur Sulcus: Younger terrain overlying older terrain.Credit: NASA.

Pastoral scene on Guam Volcanic terrain, swaying palms, and water buffalo.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Winter sea ice terrain of the Beaufort Sea.Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

A green laser water penetration system devised by Sylvania Electronic Systems in the late 1970's. Although advertised for fisheries use, this technology has evolved into LIDAR, a system for measuring shallow-water bathymetry and also for into a rapid terrain mapping technique. In: Farooq Hussain, 1970, "Living Underwater, " p. 87. Library Call Number GC65 H8 1970b.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Recreationists riding all terrain vehicles and motorcycles on public lands.Credit: Lori Cook.

Arizona has a surprisingly diverse terrain. Hikes through wilderness areas often leads to breathtaking views.Credit: Unknown.

Interior, rotunda, general view from east. Photograph by Jack E. Boucher, November 1976. (Reproduction Number: HABS IOWA,97-SIOCI,3-17) Completed in 1918 to designs by Purcell & Elmslie, the Woodbury County Courthouse is a rare example of a Prairie style design for a large public building. The Prairie style is known for its bold and simple geometric forms and distinctive ornamentation inspired by nature, and was made famous by Louis Sullivan and his student Frank Lloyd Wright, key figures in the Prairie school who developed systems of abstracting architectural decoration from sources in nature. The term Prairie style refers to the style's origins in the American Midwest, and its evocation of that region's fertile prairies and flat terrain. The interior rotunda shown here is the focal point of the courthouse. It incorporates simple rectangles and squares with a stained glass dome and uses terra cotta ornament reminiscent of the prairie.Credit: Library of Congress.

"Marine Leathernecks of a Forward Air Control Unit for the U.S. Marines with the First Marine Division in Korea scan the skies from a rugged ridge, on the alert for incoming close-air support planes that continue to hammer at the Chinese Red troop concentrations just a few thousand yards beyond in the rugged Korean terrain." Photograph and caption released by Commander Naval Forces, Far East, under date of 1 July 1951. Note backpack radio carried by one Marine, while another wears earphones and holds the microphone.Credit: NAVY.

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Business

New Zealand's geographical location and terrain have been studied as ideal for wind energy. (references)

As has been mentioned, medium size tractors with specifications that exactly fit the job and terrain are most in demand. (references)

Norway, with its harsh winter climate, rough terrain, and tradition of outdoor activities is well suited for SUV's and 4WD vehicles. (references)

Economic History

Fiji

The interior is sparsely populated due to its rough terrain. (references)

Togo

Population distribution is very uneven due to soil and terrain variations. (references)

Nepal

Nepal's rugged terrain and exotic culture have an enduring fascination for tourists. (references)

Political Economy

Ecuador

In addition, the U.S. has implemented initiatives such as Plan Colombia and the Andean Region Initiative (ARI) to advance Colombian and regional anti-drug efforts, and to promote better security, which at present is compromised by terrorist groups that mostly derive from Colombia but have been encroaching onto Ecuadorian terrain. (references)

Travel

Norway

Domestic Travel Information: Because of the mountainous terrain, most roads are narrow and winding. (references)

Mexico

Most Mexican terrain is classified as mountainous or hilly and is divided into three vertical zones: hot, temperate and cool. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expressions using "terrain": hilly terrain ♦ key terrain ♦ mountainous terrain ♦ normal terrain ♦ open terrain ♦ rough terrain vehicle ♦ terrain analysis ♦ terrain avoidance system ♦ terrain clearance ♦ terrain clearance indicator ♦ terrain clearance system ♦ terrain feature ♦ terrain flight ♦ terrain flying ♦ terrain following system ♦ terrain intelligence. Additional references.

Ending with "terrain": all-terrain.

Containing "terrain": all-terrain bike, all-terrain vehicle.

Albanian

truall (coat, country, land, location, neck), tokësor (above ground, earthbound, earthly, earthy, geo-, ground, land, planetary, praedial, predial, sublunary, tellurian, telluric, terrene, terrestrial, territorial, worldly), tokë (coat, continent, country, deck, dirt, domain, earth, Glebe, ground, holding, land, marl, pool, shore, soil, stead, Terra), vend (clime, country, course, diggings, ground, job, land, location, locus, nation, native land, neck, part, place, point, position, post, receptacle, region, room, seat, space, spot, station, stead, territory). (various references)

Arabic 

‏منطقة (area, district, land, part, precinct, region, section, territory, zone), ‏حقل من حقول المعرفة, ‏أرض (amphitheatre, earth, floor, ground, grounds, land, site, soil, territory, topsoil), ‏بقعة (blot, blotch, macula, patch, smear, smudge, spatter, speck, splash, splotch, spot, stain, streak). (various references)

Bulgarian 

терен (field, land, location), местност (country, ground, locality, parts), земен (earthbound, earthly, earthy, ground, land, material, mundane, planetary, subastral, sublunary, tellurian, terraneous, terrene, worldly), почва (earth, ground, land, room, soil), повърхностен (airy, blanket, borax, cheap, cursory, dilettante, external, facile, flimsy, frothy, glib, lip-deep, outward, perfunctory, shallow, sketchy, skin deep, slick, subaerial, sublime, superficial, surface, trumpery, yeasty). (various references)

Chinese 

地形 (topography). (various references)

Czech

terén (country, ground), pùda (attic, earth, Glebe, ground, land, loft, soil, virgin soil). (various references)

Danish

terræn (ground, grounds). (various references)

Dutch

terrein (field, ground, grounds). (various references)

Esperanto

tereno (ground, grounds). (various references)

Faeroese

lendi (ground, grounds). (various references)

Farsi 

نوع زمین , ناحیه (Area, District, Realm, Region, Sector, Zone), زمینه (Background, Base, Basis, Conspectus, Context, Design, Ground, Groundwork, Outline, Root, Sketch, Tendency, Theme), زمین (Acre, Earth, Globe, Ground, Land, Soil, Territory, Vale), عوارض زمین . (various references)

Finnish

maasto (ground), maa (country, country where the Union's Headquarters is located, earth, earthy, ground, grounds, land, landed property, soil). (various references)

French

terrain. (various references)

Frisian

mêd (ground, grounds). (various references)

German

Gelände (exhibition center, ground, grounds, open country, precincts, premises, site, territory). (various references)

Greek 

έδαφος (administrative area, area, ground, land, soil, territory). (various references)

Hebrew 

פ� י �"שטח (surface), פ� י �"קרקע. (various references)

Hungarian

terep (area, field, ground, locale, locality, surface). (various references)

Italian

terreno (common, country, earth, earthly, field, ground, land, landed property, soil, terrestrial, worldly). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

地形 (geographical features, topography). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

じぎょう (business, enterprise, geographical features, industry, operations, project, topography), ちけい (geographical features, topography). (various references)

Korean 

지형. (various references)

Manx

thalloo (clod, country, earth, ground, land, shore, soil, territory). (various references)

Papiamen

tereno (ground, grounds). (various references)

Pig Latin

erraintay

Polish

teren (ground, grounds). (various references)

Portuguese

terreno (building sit, Glebe, ground, grounds, land, landed property, mundane, soil, terrene, terrestrial, the solid, worldly). (various references)

Romanian

teren (course, domain, earth, field, ground, land, site, soil, tract). (various references)

Russian 

топография (topography), территория (enclave, territory), земной (earthbound, earth-bound, earthen, earthly, earthy, mundane, planetary, sublunary, telluric, terrene, terrestrial, worldly). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

terenski (cross-country, terraneous), teren (grounds, outfield), zemljište (field, lair, land, lot, plot). (various references)

Spanish

terreno (earthy, going, ground, grounds, land, location, Park, piece of ground, piece of land, rough). (various references)

Swedish

terräng (ground, grounds). (various references)

Thai

� ูมิประเทศ. (various references)

Turkish

yer (earth, footing, geo-, Glebe, ground, ground-, locale, locality, location, locus, mother earth, pew, place, position, post, premises, quarter, room, seat, site, situation, situs, slot, space, spot, stand, standing, station, stead, terraneous, ubiety, where, whereabouts), arazi (all-ter'rain, country, estate, land, landed property, premises, soil, territory). (various references)

Ukranian 

територія (superficies, territory), грунт (dirt, earth, land, soil), земний (earthborn, earthbound, earthen, earthly, mundane, natural, planetary, subcelestial, sublunar, sublunary, terrestrial, worldly). (various references)

Vietnamese 

địa hình địa vật. (various references)

ager, agri, agris, agro, agrorum, agros, agrum, terrenum. (various references)

terrain. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "terrain": terrains. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Terrain" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: lehrain, terai, terain, teran, terian, terrae, Terraine, terran, terrian, terrin, tertain, Tetramin, tirain, Tirrani, Tofranil, Torbryan, Tormain, Torran, torria, torriani, Torriano, Torrina, Torrini, tourain, tremain, turran, turrin, vervain. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: retrain, trainer.

-1 letter: artier, errant, irater, ranter, ratine, retain, retina.

-2 letters: airer, antre, entia, inert, inter, irate, niter, nitre, rater, reran, retia, riant, tarre, tenia, terai, terra, tinea, train, trier, trine.

-3 letters: airn, airt, ante, anti, earn, etna, near, neat, nite, rain, rani, rant, rare, rate, rear, rein, rent, rite, tain, tare, tarn, tear, tern, tier, tine, tire.

-4 letters: ain, air, ait, ane, ani, ant, are, art, ate, ear, eat, era, ern, err, eta, ire, nae, net, nit, ran, rat, rei, ret, ria, rin, tae, tan, tar, tea, ten, tie, tin.

-5 letters: ae, ai, an, ar, at, en, er, et, in, it, na, ne, re, ta, ti.

+1 letter: anterior, inerrant, interwar, pretrain, restrain, retainer, retirant, retrains, strainer, terrains, terrapin, trainers, veratrin.

+2 letters: arresting, bartering, certainer, cratering, entrainer, garniture, gartering, instarred, interlard, irredenta, irridenta, itinerary, narrative, overtrain, pretorian, pretrains, rainwater, recrating, regrating, restrains, restraint, retainers, retarding, retearing, retinular, retirants, retracing, retrained, serrating, serration, strainers, tarriance, ternaries, terracing, terrapins, transpire, trilinear, veratrine, veratrins.

+3 letters: aberration, anteriorly, antimerger, antireform, catarrhine, chartering, contraries, denigrator, distrainer, drivetrain, entrainers, errantries, fraternity, fraternize, freemartin, garnierite, garnitures, generatrix, hibernator, integrator, intergrade, intergraft, interlards, interlayer, interlunar, intermarry, intermural, interorgan, interparty, interregna, interrenal, intertrial, interurban, ironmaster, irredentas, irrelevant, irridentas, narratives, overrating, overstrain, overtrains, partnering, parturient, perorating, peroration, praetorian, pretorians, pretrained, printmaker, quartering, rainforest, rainwaters, realtering, recharting, recreating, recreation, redrafting, refracting, refraction, registrant, regrafting, regranting, renaturing, reparation, restarting, restrained, restrainer, restraints, retracking, retracting, retraction, retraining, retransmit, retreading, retreating, ringmaster, serrations, tarriances, terminator, torrential, trailering, tranquiler, transcribe, transpired, transpires, traversing, travertine, treasuring, triggerman, tristearin, truantries, tyrannizer, unliterary, veratrines, veterinary, warranties.

+4 letters: aberrations, acrocentric, antitruster, arbitrament, areocentric, arraignment, arrestingly, brainteaser, carbureting, carburetion, carpentries, catarrhines, centralizer, cerebrating, cerebration, chiropteran, contrariety, correlating, correlation, counterraid, craniometry, denigrators, denigratory, distrainers, doctrinaire, drivetrains, enrapturing, enteroviral, entertainer, ferrimagnet, fraternized, fraternizer, fraternizes, freemartins, garnierites, graniteware, heartstring, hereinafter, hibernators, hindquarter, impregnator, incarcerate, incinerator, incorporate, incurvature, integrators, interbranch, intercalary, intercrater, interdealer, intergraded, intergrades, intergrafts, interlarded, interlayers, interlinear, interlunary, interparish, interracial, interrelate, interrobang, interrogate, interstrain, interstrand, intertribal, interurbans, intradermal, ironhearted, ironmasters, itineraries, libertarian, mercurating, mercuration, narratively, natriureses, natriuresis, natriuretic, neutralizer, nonliterary, ordinariest, overstrains, overtrading, overtrained, partitioner, partnership, parturients, peregrinate, perforating, perforation, perorations, platyrrhine, praetorians, preparation, preromantic, preterminal, pretraining, pretreating, printmakers, probationer, procreating, procreation, proletarian, proteinuria, quarterings, rainforests, rarefaction, rattlebrain, reactionary, reapportion, rearresting, reasserting, reassertion, reassorting, recapturing, recarpeting, recordation, recreations, recriminate, rectilinear, referential, reformation, refractions, refrainment, refrigerant, regathering, registrants, rehydrating, rehydration, reincarnate, reinnervate, reintegrate, reiterating, reiteration, remarketing, remastering, remigration, reoperating, reoperation, reorientate, reparations, repartition, reprobating, reprobation, reradiating, reradiation, rerepeating, reservation, respiration, restoration, restrainers, restraining, retailoring, retardation, retargeting, rethreading, retractions, retrainable, retransmits, retroacting, retroaction, reverential, rhetorician, ringmasters, ringstraked, rudimentary, springwater, strangering, stranguries, streamliner, terminators, trailerings, trainbearer, trampoliner, tranquiller, transceiver, transcribed, transcriber, transcribes, transferrin, transfigure, transmarine, transmitter, transpierce, travertines, tristearins, tyrannizers, ultramarine, underrating, unirrigated, unrestraint, ventricular, veratridine.

+5 letters: aberrational, accretionary, acrocentrics, androcentric, antipredator, antitrusters, arbitraments, armamentaria, arraignments, arsenopyrite, artilleryman, artillerymen, brainstormed, brainstormer, brainteasers, carburetions, carburetting, carpentering, centralizers, cerebrations, charactering, chiropterans, contrariness, contrariwise, copartnering, correctional, correlations, counterraids, determinator, doctrinaires, dorsiventral, entertainers, exterminator, extortionary, extracranial, extrauterine, extraversion, featherbrain, ferrimagnets, forgathering, fraternalism, fraternities, fraternizers, fraternizing, frontiersman, generatrices, geriatrician, granitewares, granodiorite, handicrafter, heartburning, heartrending, heartstrings, heartwarming, hereditarian, hindquarters, impersonator, impregnators, incarcerated, incarcerates, incinerators, incorporated, incorporates, incurvatures, interchanger, intercompare, interdealers, intergrading, intergrafted, interlaminar, interlarding, interlayered, interlibrary, interlinears, interlobular, intermarried, intermarries, intermediary, internuclear, interorbital, interpleader, interpolator, interrelated, interrelates, interrobangs, interrogated, interrogatee, interrogates, interrogator, interstellar, interstrains, interstrands, intrapreneur, intrauterine, invertebrate, irrelevantly, kindergarten, libertarians, literariness, mastersinger, mercurations, natriuretics, neutralizers, nonirrigated, nonnarrative, normothermia, overreacting, overreaction, overstrained, overtraining, overtreating, overwatering, partitioners, partnerships, peregrinated, peregrinates, perforations, perorational, perpetrating, perpetration, perspiration, perturbation, platyrrhines, practitioner, precentorial, preferential, preformation, prehistorian, premarketing, premigration, preparations, presbyterian, preservation, privateering, probationers, procreations, proletarians, proteinurias, quarterfinal, quaternaries, racketeering, rarefactions, rationalizer, rattlebrains, reapportions, reassertions, recalcitrant, rechartering, recordations, recreational, recriminated, recriminates, recuperating, recuperation, redecorating, redecoration, redintegrate, reflationary, reformations, reformatting, refrainments, refrigerants, regenerating, regeneration, regenerative, registration, rehydrations, reincarnated, reincarnates, reinnervated, reinnervates, reintegrated, reintegrates, reinvigorate, reiterations, remigrations, remortgaging, remunerating, remuneration, remunerative, renaturation, renunciatory, reoperations, reorientated, reorientates, repartitions, repatriating, repatriation, repatterning, replastering, repristinate, reprobations, reradiations, reregulating, reregulation, reservations, respirations, restorations, restrainable, restrainedly, retardations, retroactions, retrograding, rhetoricians, scatterbrain, secretionary, springwaters, straightener, streamliners, terraforming, thereinafter, torrentially, trademarking, trainbearers, trampoliners, tranquilizer, transceivers, transcribers, transferring, transferrins, transfigured, transfigures, transmigrate, transmitters, transpierced, transpierces, trichopteran, trochanteric, tubocurarine, turbellarian, ultramarines, ultrarefined, unirradiated, unrestrained, unrestraints, unrhetorical, veratridines, veterinarian, veterinaries, watermarking.

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