RANGING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ranging mean? 

• RANGING (adjective)
  The adjective RANGING has 1 sense:

1. wandering freely

  Familiarity information: RANGING used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RANGING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Wandering freely

Classified under:

Participial adjectives

Context example:

at night in bed...his slowly ranging thoughts...encountered her

Participle:

range (move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment)

 Context examples 

There are a total of eleven levels ranging from 0-100 where 0 indicates that the patient is dead and 100 indicates that the patient is normal.

(Karnofsky Performance Status Scale Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus)

A group of neoplasms that arise from the ovary and represent a spectrum of tumors ranging from neoplasms that are composed entirely of fibroblasts to those that are composed predominantly of theca cells.

(Ovarian Tumor of the Thecoma/Fibroma Group, NCI Thesaurus)

There are multiple breakpoint sites in the nucleoporin GLFG repeat domain which lead to fusion proteins ranging from 310 to 333 kDa.

(NUP214/ABL1 310-333 kDa Fusion Protein, NCI Thesaurus)

Nitric oxide is an important intercellular signaling molecule and inhibition of nitric oxide synthase effects many wide-ranging body processes and systems.

(Nitric Oxide Synthase Inhibitor, NCI Thesaurus)

A large cell ranging in shape from cuboidal to squamous with a large central nucleus.

(Cementoblast, NCI Thesaurus)

The six younger patients had particles ranging in size from 1-29 μm, while the six older patients' particles ranged from 1-66 μm.

(Bone-Like Particles Found Travelling through Human Bloodstream, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The questionnaire contains 1 question which is scored in half point scores ranging from 0 (Normal neurological exam) to 10 (Death due to MS).

(Kurtzke Expanded Disability Status Scale Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus)

A solitary benign tumor of MAST CELLS with a diameter ranging up to a few centimeters.

(Benign Mastocytoma, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Highly conserved DNA sequences which have been identified in specific gene transcripts ranging from those of Drosophila melanogaster to mouse and human.

(Homeobox Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

Jupiter’s south pole also contains a central cyclone, but it is surrounded by five cyclones with diameters ranging from 3,500 to 4,300 miles (5,600 to 7,000 kilometers) in diameter.

(Jupiter’s Jet-Streams Are Unearthly, NASA)