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Meaning of scope

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  scope
      n 1: 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" [syn: {scope}, {range}, {reach}, {orbit}, {compass},
           {ambit}]
      2: the state of the environment in which a situation exists;
         "you can't do that in a university setting" [syn: {setting},
         {background}, {scope}]
      3: a magnifier of images of distant objects [syn: {telescope},
         {scope}]
      4: electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying
         electrical quantities [syn: {oscilloscope}, {scope},
         {cathode-ray oscilloscope}, {CRO}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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