scope : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: scope	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
scope n 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" Synonym(s): scope, range, reach, orbit, compass, ambit the state of the environment in which a situation exists; "you can't do that in a university setting" Synonym(s): setting, background, scope a magnifier of images of distant objects Synonym(s): telescope, scope electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities Synonym(s): oscilloscope, scope, cathode-ray oscilloscope, CRO
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Scope \Scope\, n. [It. scopo, L. scopos a mark, aim, Gr. skopo`s, a watcher, mark, aim; akin to [?], [?] to view, and perh. to E. 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. [bd]Shooting wide, do miss the marked scope.[b8] --Spenser. Your scope is as mine own, So to enforce or qualify 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.] [bd]The scopes of land granted to the first adventurers.[b8] --Sir J. Davies. 4. Length; extent; sweep; as, scope of cable.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
-scope \-scope\ [Gr. skopo`s a watcher, spy. See {Scope}.] A combining form usually signifying an instrument for viewing (with the eye) or observing (in any way); as in microscope, telescope, altoscope, anemoscope.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
scope The scope of an identifier is the region of a program source within which it represents a certain thing. This usually extends from the place where it is declared to the end of the smallest enclosing block (begin/end or procedure/function body). An inner block may contain a redeclaration of the same identifier in which case the scope of the outer declaration does not include (is "shadowed" or "{occlude}d" by) the scope of the inner. See also {activation record}, {dynamic scope}, {lexical scope}. (1994-11-01)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
SCOPE Software Evaluation and Certification Programme Europe. An {ESPRIT} project. (1995-04-12)