scope

Meaning

1. The breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain.
2. A device used in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target.
3. Opportunity; broad range; degree of freedom.
4. The region of program source code in which a given identifier is meaningful, or a given object can be accessed.
5. The shortest sub-wff of which a given instance of a logical connective is a part.
6. The region of an utterance to which some modifying element applies.
7. (slang) A periscope, telescope, microscope or oscilloscope.
8. (colloquial) Any medical procedure that ends in the suffix -scopy, such as endoscopy, colonoscopy, bronchoscopy, etc.

range

cathode-ray oscilloscope

radar display

range of interests

region

reporter

room for maneuver

room for manoeuvre

elbow-room

selected range

mental outlook

indicating gage

index mark

radar indicator

Braun tube

indicator scale

reach degree

indicating unit

indicated device

glass runner

sighting marker

rear finder

indicated meter

pointer arm

observation apparatus

electronray tube

radar presentation

aiming telescope

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈskəʊp/

From Italian scopo (“purpose”), from Latin scopus (“target”), from Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós), from σκέπτομαι (sképtomai), from Proto-Indo-European *speḱ-. Etymologically related to skeptic and spectrum.

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