scope

Definition of scope

an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"

"within the scope of an investigation"

Types:: show 10 types...; hide 10 types...; approximate range, ballpark
near to the scope or range of something; confines
a bounded scope; contrast
the range of optical density and tone on a photographic negative or print (or the extent to which adjacent areas on a television screen differ in brightness); internationalism, internationality
quality of being international in scope; latitude
scope for freedom of e.g. action or thought; freedom from restriction; horizon, purview, view
the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated; expanse, sweep
a wide scope; gamut
a complete extent or range: "a face that expressed a gamut of emotions"; spectrum
a broad range of related objects or values or qualities or ideas or activities; palette, pallet
the range of colour characteristic of a particular artist or painting or school of art

Type of:: extent
the distance or area or volume over which something extends

the state of the environment in which a situation exists

Types:: canvas, canvass
the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account; show window, showcase
a setting in which something can be displayed to best effect

a magnifier of images of distant objects

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any telescope designed to collect and record electromagnetic radiation from cosmic sources; optical telescope
an astronomical telescope designed to collect and record light from cosmic sources; radio reflector, radio telescope
astronomical telescope that picks up electromagnetic radiations in the radio-frequency range from extraterrestrial sources; collimator
a small telescope attached to a large telescope to use in setting the line of the larger one; equatorial
a telescope whose mounting has only two axes of motion, one parallel to the Earth's axis and the other one at right angles to it; solar telescope
a telescope designed to make observations of the sun; transit instrument
a telescope mounted on an axis running east and west and used to time the transit of a celestial body across the meridian

electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities

Type of:: electronic equipment
equipment that involves the controlled conduction of electrons (especially in a gas or vacuum or semiconductor)