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SCOPE
oscilloscope, scope, cathode-ray oscilloscope, CRO
(noun) electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities
telescope, scope
(noun) a magnifier of images of distant objects
scope, range, reach, orbit, compass, ambit
(noun) an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: “the range of a supersonic jet”; “a piano has a greater range than the human voice”; “the ambit of municipal legislation”; “within the compass of this article”; “within the scope of an investigation”; “outside the reach of the law”; “in the political orbit of a world power”
setting, background, scope
(noun) the state of the environment in which a situation exists; “you can’t do that in a university setting”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
scope (countable and uncountable, plural scopes)
The breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain.
(weapons) A device used in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target.
Synonym: telescopic sight
Opportunity; broad range; degree of freedom.
(programming) The region of program source code in which a given identifier is meaningful, or a given object can be accessed.
(logic) The shortest sub-wff of which a given instance of a logical connective is a part.
(linguistics) The region of an utterance to which some modifying element applies.
(slang) A periscope, telescope, microscope or oscilloscope.
(medicine, colloquial) Any medical procedure that ends in the suffix -scopy, such as endoscopy, colonoscopy, bronchoscopy, etc.
Hyponyms
(computing: region of program source where identifier is meaningful):
• block scope
• child scope
• dynamic scope
• expression scope
• file scope
• function scope
• global scope
• isolated scope
• lexical scope
• module scope
• multi-level scope
• one-level scope
• root scope
• static scope
• three-level scope
• two-level scope
Verb
scope (third-person singular simple present scopes, present participle scoping, simple past and past participle scoped)
(informal, transitive) To perform a cursory investigation of; scope out.
(medicine, colloquial) To perform any medical procedure that ends in the suffix -scopy, such as endoscopy, colonoscopy, bronchoscopy, etc.
(programming) To limit (an object or variable) to a certain region of program source code.
(informal) To examine under a microscope.
(birdwatching, informal) To observe a bird using a spotting scope.
Etymology 2
Noun
scope (plural scopes)
(obsolete) A bundle, as of twigs.
Anagrams
• OPSEC, Pecos, copes, copse
Source: Wiktionary
-scope (. Etym: [Gr. skopo`s a watcher, spy. See Scope.]
Definition: A combining form usually signifying an instrument for viewing (with the eye) or observing (in any way); as in microscope, telescope, altoscope, anemoscope.
Scope, n. Etym: [It. scopo, L. scopos a mark, aim, Gr. skopo`s, a watcher, mark, aim; akin to spy. Cf. Skeptic, Bishop.]
1. That at which one aims; the thing or end to which the mind directs its view; that which is purposed to be reached or accomplished; hence, ultimate design, aim, or purpose; intention; drift; object. "Shooting wide, do miss the marked scope." Spenser. Your scope is as mine own, So to enforce or quality the laws As to your soul seems good. Shak. The scope of all their pleading against man's authority, is to overthrow such laws and constitutions in the church. Hooker.
2. Room or opportunity for free outlook or aim; space for action; amplitude of opportunity; free course or vent; liberty; range of view; intent, or action. Give him line and scope. Shak. In the fate and fortunes of the human race, scope is given to the operation of laws which man must always fail to discern the reasons of. I. Taylor. Excuse me if I have given too much scope to the reflections which have arisen in my mind. Burke. An intellectual cultivation of no moderate depth or scope. Hawthorne.
3. Extended area. [Obs.] "The scopes of land granted to the first adventurers." Sir J. Davies.
4. Length; extent; sweep; as, scope of cable. v. t. To look at for the purpose of evaluation; usu with out; as, to scope out the area as a camping site.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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