long-range

See also: longrange

English

long-range (comparative longer-range, superlative longest-range)

Operating, or capable of operating, over a great distance.
Long-range missiles can shoot down any planes before they can even be seen.
- 2011 April 11, McNulty, Phil, “Liverpool 3 - 0 Man City”, in BBC Sport‎:
  Carroll struck twice - the first a spectacular long-range strike - as Liverpool established a deserved three-goal lead by the interval and kept their own European ambitions alive with a vibrant display.
Involving a great period of time.
Long-range planning is not my specialty.

Capable of operating over a great distance

Russian: дальнобо́йный (ru) (dalʹnobójnyj) (weapons), да́льнего де́йствия (dálʹnevo déjstvija) (aircraft, transmitters), да́льний (ru) (dálʹnij) (aircraft)

Involving a great period of time

Travelling over a long distance

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