range table

American  

noun

1. one of a number of identical small tables that can be used together to form a single table.

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Etymology

Origin of range table

First recorded in 1870–75

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range table

Thus the cordite, size 30, of the range table has been squeezed through a hole 0.30 in. diameter.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various

These conditions were disconcerting to good shooting, the lower temperatures not having been contemplated by those who compiled our range table in England.

From With British Guns in Italy A Tribute to Italian Achievement by Dalton, Hugh Dalton, Baron

A systematic exercise is given here of the compilation of a range table by calculation with the ballistic table; and it is to be compared with the published official range table which follows.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various

In the heading of the 6-in. range table we find the description of the charge.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various