short-range
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Limited to short distances: Describing something that operates, is effective, or travels only over a limited, relatively small distance.
- Relating to the near future: Concerning plans, policies, or forecasts that apply only to the immediate or very near future.
Usage
The adjective "short-range" is used to modify nouns, indicating their limited scope in terms of physical distance or time. It is typically hyphenated.
Examples
- Limited to short distances:
- The device uses short-range radio waves for communication.
- Short-range missiles are designed for targets within a few hundred kilometers.
- Relating to the near future:
- The company has outlined its short-range objectives for the next quarter.
- We need a short-range forecast to plan the logistics for next week.
Advanced Usage
- "short-range order": In physics and materials science, this term describes the regular arrangement of atoms or molecules only over a very small, localized area within a material, as opposed to long-range order which extends throughout.
- The glass exhibits short-range order but lacks the long-range crystalline structure of quartz.
Variants and Related Words
- Long-range (adj): Operating over or planning for a great distance or an extended period into the future. This is the direct antonym.
- The long-range bomber can fly across continents.
- Their long-range strategy looks ahead ten years.
Synonyms
- Limited-range: Having a restricted operating distance.
- Near-term: Concerning the immediate future. (Specific to the temporal meaning.)
- Tactical: Often used in military/strategic contexts to describe weapons or plans for immediate, localized use, which can overlap with "short-range."
Antonyms
- Long-range: Covering or involving a great distance or a far future period.
- Strategic: Often implies a broader, long-term scope.
Adjective
- limited to short distances
- short-range planes
- a short-range shot
- relating to the near future
- a short-range policy