range-finding
noun
1 Military and Geography the action of estimating the distance from a target or subject.
2 Biology and Pharmacology the action of estimating the range of dosages over which a substance has (or does not have) a given physiological effect, especially toxicity.
Origin
Late 19th century.
- belly-up
- belly wool
- Belmont
- Belmopan
- Belo Horizonte
- Beloit
- be long
- belong
- belongingness
- belongings
- be looking over one's shoulders
- Belorussia
- Belorussian
- be lost for words
- Belostok
- be lost on
- beloved
- below
- below deck
- below decks
- belowdecks
- below stairs
- below the belt
- below (the) ground
- below the line