Meaning

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

  2. (countable, uncountable)An area of land or its particular features.

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

    Terrain, Gelände, Land

    ме́стностьméstnostʹ, релье́фrelʹjéf

    місце́вістьmiscévistʹ, рельє́фrelʹjéf

  3. (countable, uncountable)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

  4. (countable, uncountable)An individual's overall state of health.

More definitions
  • a piece of ground having specific characteristics or military potential

Examples

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  1. The centipede explored the rocky terrain.

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  2. Watch your step on uneven terrain.

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  3. Unfamiliar terrain can be difficult to traverse.

    deUnbekanntes Terrain zu durchqueren kann schwierig sein.

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  4. Layla knew every inch of this terrain.

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  5. There's some green grass on the terrain.

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Translations

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Origin

Unadapted borrowing from French terrain, from Latin terrenum (“land, ground”), neuter of t

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

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