terrain

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a piece of ground having specific characteristics or military potential

   they decided to attack across the rocky terrain

2. 2
   noun

   An area of land or its particular features.

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

3. 3
   noun

   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.

4. 4
   noun

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

5. 5
   noun

   An individual's overall state of health.

Etymology

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