Range of accommodation (Optics), the distance between the near point
and the far point of distinct vision, -- usually measured and
designated by the strength of the lens which if added to the refracting
media of the eye would cause the rays from the near point to appear as
if they came from the far point. -- Range finder (Gunnery), an
instrument, or apparatus, variously constructed, for ascertaining the
distance of an inaccessible object, -- used to determine what elevation
must be given to a gun in order to hit the object; a position finder.
-- Range of cable (Naut.), a certain length of slack cable ranged along
the deck preparatory to letting go the anchor. -- Range work (Masonry),
masonry of squared stones laid in courses each of which is of even
height throughout the length of the wall; -- distinguished from broken
range work, which consists of squared stones laid in courses not
continuously of even height. -- To get the range of (an object) (Gun.),
to find the angle at which the piece must be raised to reach (the
object) without carrying beyond.
Range"ment (rnj"ment), n. [Cf. F. rangement.] Arrangement. [Obs.]
Waterland.
Ran"ger (rn"jr), n. 1. One who ranges; a rover; sometimes, one who
ranges for plunder; a roving robber.
2. That which separates or arranges; specifically, a sieve. [Obs.] "The
tamis ranger." Holland.