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Range Gate Pulloff: Targets being tracked using range gates can attempt to employ a tactic known as range-gate pull off (rgpo) or range-gate stealing.

Range Betterment Fund: Money collected from livestock grazing on federal lands and used for rangeland improvements. The Bureau of Land Management calls these funds Range Improvement Funds and uses them solely for . . . View Full Definition

Range Bin: Discrete element along a single radial of radar data at which the received signals are sampled. Range bins from poldirad data are spaced at multipes from 150 m intervals. See also sample volume.

Range Ball: (also 'practice ball') golf balls for use only on the driving range, usually striped or marked in some way to easily distinguish them from regular golf balls

Range: (also 'driving range, practice range, practice tee') an area, separate from the golf course, designated for hitting practice balls

Range (Audio): Usually described as frequency range, this is a system's frequency transmission limits, beyond which the frequency is attenuated below a specified tolerance. Also, the frequency band or band . . . View Full Definition

Range Control: Selects the scale used by the display and sets the distance between the range rings to correspond with the range selected. The prf and pulse length are adjusted automatically as the range se . . . View Full Definition

Range Finders (Alley Sights): 5 targets, each 1X7 inch, 6½ inches apart; forming a 2 foot long arrowhead centered 20 feet beyond the foul-line installed in many candlepin centers.

Range Markers: Equally spaced concentric rings of light on the ppi which permit the radar observer to determine the range to a contact in accordance with the range setting or the range of the outer rings. . . . View Full Definition

Range Of Motion: Moving through a complete range of motion (ROM) allows the muscles to stretch before contraction and increases the number of muscle fibers being recruited. This produces maximum contraction . . . View Full Definition