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Long-range   /lˈɔŋrˈeɪndʒ/   Listen
adjective
long-range  adj.  
1.
Involving an extended span of time; of plans, goals, or predictions; as, long-range goals; a long-range weather forecast.
2.
Suitable for or reaching long distances; as, a long-range missile; long-range nuclear capability.





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"Long-range" Quotes from Famous Books



... had sighted none of the aliens, only their plate-shaped flyers. They would stay aloft until their long-range weapon cleared out all opposition. But how had they been able to make such a complete annihilation of the Terran force? The last report had placed the nearest Throg nest at least two systems away from Warlock. And a patrol lane had been drawn about the Circe system the minute that Survey ...
— Storm Over Warlock • Andre Norton
... ships separately came to the conclusion that the proper way to protect the fleet behind the Breakwater was for his vessel to boldly steam out to sea and attack the British cruiser. If this vessel carried a long-range gun, what was to hinder her from suddenly running in closer and sending a few shells into the midst of the defenceless merchantmen? In fact, to go out and fight her was the only way to protect the lives and property ...
— The Great War Syndicate • Frank Stockton
... "interview" New York at the rate of more words in a minute over a single wire than she can now. Some day dynamite may be harnessed to the balloon, which stands, or drifts, where it did with Montgolfier, and we may all become long-range projectiles; but even this age of hurry will contentedly ...
— Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science - February, 1876, Vol. XVII, No. 98. • Various
... boarders, the British gathered aft, their faces begrimed with gunpowder, their arms bare, and their keen cutlasses firmly clutched in their strong right hands. The Americans took the alarm at once, and crowded forward to repel the enemy. The marines, whose hard duty it is in long-range fighting to stand with military impassiveness, drawn up in line on deck, while the shot whistle by them, and now and then cut great gaps in their straight lines,—the marines came aft, with their muskets loaded and bayonets fixed. ...
— The Naval History of the United States - Volume 2 (of 2) • Willis J. Abbot
... talk United States while you're about it, 'n' not fire yer long-range words round here? Assidyus! What does it ...
— The Village Watch-Tower • (AKA Kate Douglas Riggs) Kate Douglas Wiggin


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