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SCOPE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities
Synonyms:
cathode-ray oscilloscope; CRO; oscilloscope; scope
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("scope" is a kind of...):
electronic equipment (equipment that involves the controlled conduction of electrons (especially in a gas or vacuum or semiconductor))
Meronyms (parts of "scope"):
cathode-ray tube; CRT (a vacuum tube in which a hot cathode emits a beam of electrons that pass through a high voltage anode and are focused or deflected before hitting a phosphorescent screen)
Holonyms ("scope" is a part of...):
cardiac monitor; heart monitor (a piece of electronic equipment for continual observation of the function of the heart)
monitor; monitoring device (display produced by a device that takes signals and displays them on a television screen or a computer monitor)
microwave radar; radar; radio detection and ranging; radiolocation (measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A magnifier of images of distant objects
Synonyms:
scope; telescope
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("scope" is a kind of...):
magnifier (a scientific instrument that magnifies an image)
Meronyms (parts of "scope"):
aperture (a device that controls amount of light admitted)
finder; view finder; viewfinder (optical device that helps a user to find the target of interest)
optical prism; prism (optical device having a triangular shape and made of glass or quartz; used to deviate a beam or invert an image)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "scope"):
astronomical telescope (any telescope designed to collect and record electromagnetic radiation from cosmic 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)
Sense 3
Meaning:
An area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:
Example:
in the political orbit of a world power
Synonyms:
ambit; compass; orbit; range; reach; scope
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("scope" is a kind of...):
extent (the distance or area or volume over which something extends)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "scope"):
palette; pallet (the range of colour characteristic of a particular artist or painting or school of art)
spectrum (a broad range of related objects or values or qualities or ideas or activities)
gamut (a complete extent or range:)
horizon; purview; view (the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated)
latitude (scope for freedom of e.g. action or thought; freedom from restriction)
internationalism; internationality (quality of being international in 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))
confines (a bounded scope)
approximate range; ballpark (near to the scope or range of something)
Derivation:
scopal (of or relating to scope)
Sense 4
Meaning:
The state of the environment in which a situation exists
Example:
you can't do that in a university setting
Synonyms:
background; scope; setting
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("scope" is a kind of...):
environment (the totality of surrounding conditions)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "scope"):
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)
Derivation:
scopal (of or relating to scope)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb scope
Context examples:
Within the scope of pediatric nursing practice the child and family are considered the client.
(Pediatric nurse specialist, NCI Thesaurus)
Recognized, familiar, or within the scope of knowledge.
(Known, NCI Thesaurus)
A character string as a unique identifier within the scope of the identifier root.
(Identifier Extension, NCI Thesaurus)
These include urine tests, x-rays, and an examination of the bladder wall with a scope called a cystoscope.
(Bladder Diseases, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
Scopes have a tiny camera attached to a long, thin tube.
(Colonoscopy, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
Other factors beyond the scope of the study, such as family duties, also could play a role in affecting workers' blood pressure, he said.
(High Blood Pressure Liked to Long Hours on Job, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
However, because of the small sample size and limited scope of the study, it's not clear whether these findings will apply more broadly to people other than overweight men.
(Exercise before Breakfast Burns More Fat, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
There was always scope for fear so long as anything I loved remained behind.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
Mohs RC, Knopman D, Petersen RC et al. Development of cognitive instruments for use in clinical trials of antidementia drugs: additions to the Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale that broaden its scope.
(Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale-Cognitive CDISC Version Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus)
"European, US, Australian, Japanese, etc. shows a forecast skill for predicting some of these events at a two-week timescale. However, there is a huge scope for improvement," McPhaden adds.
(Global disasters linked to warming Indo-Pacific seas, SciDev.Net)
