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/təˈɹeɪn/
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/təˈɹæɪn/
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T ER0 EY1 N
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A single, distinctive rock formation; an area having a preponderance of a particular rock or group of rocks.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: terrane
Antonyms: none provided
An area of land or its particular features.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
The race will be run over a variety of terrain, including grass and sand.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
The surface of the earth; the ground.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
Examples
This approach requires the aircraft to stay at an altitude of at least 3000 feet MSL until crossing the VOR in order to maintain terrain clearance. controlled flight into terrain TOO LOW, TERRAIN
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
An individual's overall state of health.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: homeopathy, medicine, sciences
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Antonyms: none provided
a piece of ground having specific characteristics or military potential
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
they decided to attack across the rocky terrain
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: tract, piece of land, piece of ground, parcel of land, parcel
Unadapted borrowing from French terrain, from Latin terrenum (“land, ground”), neuter of terrenus (“consisting of earth”), from terra (“earth”).
Across languages
Translations 76 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian :
reliev
— area
Arabic :
مِنْطَقَة
(minṭaqa)
— area
Arabic :
أَرْض
(ʔarḍ)
— area
Arabic :
مِسَاحَة
(misāḥa)
— area
Arabic :
تَضَارِيس
(taḍārīs)
— area
Armenian :
տեղանք
(teġankʻ)
— area
Azerbaijani :
relyef
— area
Azerbaijani :
ərazi
— area
Belarusian :
мясцо́васць
(mjascóvascʹ)
— area
Belarusian :
мясцо́васьць
(mjascóvasʹcʹ)
— area
Belarusian :
рэлье́ф
(relʹjéf)
— area
Bulgarian :
ме́стност
(méstnost)
— area
Bulgarian :
тере́н
(terén)
— area
Bulgarian :
реле́ф
(reléf)
— area
Catalan :
terreny
— area
Chamicuro :
c̈hijta
— area
Chinese Mandarin :
地域
(dìyù)
— area
Chinese Mandarin :
地形
(dìxíng)
— area
Czech :
terén
— area
Czech :
reliéf
— area
Danish :
terræn
— area
Dutch :
terrein
— area
Dutch :
reliëf
— area
Esperanto :
tereno
— area
Estonian :
reljeef
— area
Estonian :
pinnareljeef
— area
Finnish :
maasto
— area
French :
terrain
— area
Friulian :
teren
— area
Galician :
terreo
— area
Georgian :
რელიეფი
(reliepi)
— area
German :
Terrain
— area
German :
Gelände
— area
German :
Land
— area
German :
Relief
— area
Greek :
έδαφος
(édafos)
— area
Greek :
έκταση
(éktasi)
— area
Hungarian :
terep
— area
Indonesian :
medan
— area
Italian :
terreno
— area
Italian :
tratto
— area
Italian :
estensione
— area
Italian :
spianata
— area
Italian :
territorio
— area
Italian :
zona
— area
Japanese :
地域
(chiiki)
— area
Japanese :
地形
(chikei)
— area
Khmer :
លក្ខណៈភូមិសាស្ដ្រនៃដី
(lɔɔkkhɑɑnaʼphuumisaasdrɑɑnɨydəy)
— area
Korean :
지형
(jihyeong)
— area
Korean :
지역
(jiyeok)
— area
Latvian :
reljefs
— area
Latvian :
apvidus
— area
Lithuanian :
reljefas
— area
Lithuanian :
vietovė
— area
Macedonian :
терен
(teren)
— area
Macedonian :
релјеф
(reljef)
— area
Norwegian Bokmål :
terreng
— area
Plautdietsch :
Launtschoft
— area
Polish :
teren
— area
Portuguese :
terreno
— area
Romanian :
teren
— area
Russian :
ме́стность
(méstnostʹ)
— area
Russian :
релье́ф
(relʹjéf)
— area
Serbo-Croatian :
тѐре̄н
— area
Serbo-Croatian :
tèrēn
— area
Slovak :
terén
— area
Slovak :
reliéf
— area
Slovene :
teren
— area
Spanish :
terreno
— area
Swedish :
terräng
— area
Thai :
ภูมิประเทศ
(puu-mí-bprà-têet)
— area
Thai :
ลักษณะภูมิประเทศ
— area
Turkish :
arazi
— area
Ottoman Turkish :
طوپراق
(toprak)
— area
Ukrainian :
місце́вість
(miscévistʹ)
— area
Ukrainian :
рельє́ф
(relʹjéf)
— area
