Over range

Distance between the lowest and highest tones of a melody, an instrument or a voice. This span can be generally described as narrow, medium or wide in range.

range

Natural environment; Coral reefs

The geographical area inhabited by a species or other group; may be continuous or discontinuous.

range

Weather; Meteorology

1. The difference between the maximum and minimum of a given set of numbers; in a periodic process it is twice the amplitude, that is, the wave height. 2. The distance between two ...

range

Education; Teaching

The difference between the smallest and largest values in a distribution.

voltage transformer Ratio

Electrical equipment; Electricity

The ratio of primary volts divided by secondary volts

voltage withstand Test

Electrical equipment; Electricity

A field or factory test in which a conductor or electrical equipment is subjected to a higher than normal AC or DC voltage to test its insulation system.

Western Underground Committee

Electrical equipment; Electricity

A committee of western based electric utility engineers that provides a forum for establishing guidelines that provide options, recommendations and practices for its members.

wireless fidelity (wi-fi)

Electrical equipment; Electricity

Wi-fi stands for wireless fidelity. Wi-fi originally referred to the 802.11b specification for wireless LANs, but it is now used to describe any of the 802.11 wireless networking ...

upstream

Utilities; Electricity

See Coaming In a direction opposite to that of a stream's current

energy substation

Utilities; Electricity

subsidiary station of an electricity generation, transmission and distribution system where voltage is transformed from high to low or the reverse using transformers

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Choppergate

A scandal involving NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams to assert falsely that helicopter was hit by an RPG during the invasion of Iraq in 2003. ...