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語源

Unadapted borrowing from French terrain, from Latin terrenum (“land, ground”), neuter of terrenus (“consisting of earth”), from terra (“earth”).

発音

• IPA: /təˈɹeɪn/
• 韻: -eɪn

名詞

terrain (countable and uncountable, plural terrains)

1. (geology) A single, distinctive rock formation; an area having a preponderance of a particular rock or group of rocks.

   Synonym: terrane

2. An area of land or its particular features.

   The race will be run over a variety of terrain, including grass and sand.

3. (chiefly aviation) The surface of the earth; the ground.

   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

4. (homeopathy) An individual's overall state of health.

同意語

• (area of land): ground

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Further reading

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “terrain”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

アナグラム

• rantier, retrain, trainer