terrain
A single, distinctive rock formation; an area having a preponderance of a particular rock or group of rocks.
Other meanings
An area of land or its particular features.
“The race will be run over a variety of terrain, including grass and sand.”
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.”
Related words
- multiterrain
- controlled flight into terrain
- human terrain
- linguistic terrain
- all-terrain
- all-terrain vehicle
- height above average terrain
- terrain park
- terrain theory
Word history
From Latin "terrenum" (land, ground).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “terrain” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.