radius of action
Britishnoun
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As oxytocin comes into sharper focus, its social radius of action turns out to have definite limits.
From New York Times ● Jan. 10, 2011
The carrying-loads of air vessels and their radius of action are also limited.
From Time Magazine Archive
Lightly armored, many of the cruisers sacrifice radius of action for speed as high as 40 knots for the light types.
From Time Magazine Archive
Their limited radius of action makes them more like antiaircraft guns than intercepter airplanes.
From Time Magazine Archive
Her radius of action was about 750 miles.
From Aircraft and Submarines The Story of the Invention, Development, and Present-Day Uses of War's Newest Weapons by Willis J. (Willis John) Abbot
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