subrange

noun — 2 senses

subrange

noun

Etymology From sub- + range.

1

Geography, Natural sciences A subdivision of a mountain range.

  • His own reluctant namesake, Mount Beckey, rises some 8,500 feet in a largely uncharted subrange near the Cathedral Spires of southeastern Alaska.2008 December 16, Michael Brick, “At 85, More Peaks to Conquer and Adventures to Seek”, in New York Times:
2

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Programming, Sciences 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.

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