Sentence:  The <WSD>range</WSD> is from 14 to 25 inches ; the former figure is based on a somewhat unusual birth of four by a Central American female ( see chapter on Laying , Brooding , Hatching , and Birth ) , the latter on a `` normal '' newly born individual . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"