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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

航続距離

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kōzoku kyori

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Cruising-range/ˈkruː.zɪŋ ˌreɪndʒ/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #14500 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"その電気自動車の航続距離は大幅に伸びた。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The maximum distance an aircraft, ship, or land vehicle can travel under normal conditions without refueling or recharging.

    "The new electric vehicle boasts an impressive cruising-range of over four hundred miles on a single charge."
  2. 2

    The distance a migratory animal or species routinely covers during its normal foraging and living activities.

    "Biologists tracked the cruising-range of the wolves across the protected reserve."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'cruise', derived from the Dutch 'kruisen' (to cross, sail to and fro) entering English in the 17th century, with 'range', stemming from Old French 'rangier'. Initially used in aviation and maritime contexts to denote the maximum distance a vehicle can travel on a single fuel load, it has evolved in modern terminology to encompass electric vehicles as well.

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