subrange

See also: sub-range

English

Alternative forms

• sub-range

Etymology

From sub- +‎ range.

Noun

subrange (plural subranges)

1. (geography) A subdivision of a mountain range.
   • 2008 December 16, Michael Brick, “At 85, More Peaks to Conquer and Adventures to Seek”, in New York Times‎:

     His own reluctant namesake, Mount Beckey, rises some 8,500 feet in a largely uncharted subrange near the Cathedral Spires of southeastern Alaska.

2. (mathematics, programming) A subset of a given range or numeric set.

   We are concerned with the subrange of integers between a and b.

   The program defines two subrange types.

Anagrams

• subregna