DICTOMETER

SCOPES

1. Synonyms:
   • Scopes
   • John Scopes
   • John Thomas Scopes
   Definitions:
   • Tennessee highschool teacher who violated a state law by teaching evolution
   • in a highly publicized trial in 1925 he was prosecuted by William Jennings Bryan and defended by Clarence Darrow (1900-1970)
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Scope
   • Range
   • Reach
   • Orbit
   • Compass
   • Ambit
   Definitions:
   • an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:
   Examples:
   • 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
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Setting
   • Background
   • Scope
   Definitions:
   • the state of the environment in which a situation exists
   Examples:
   • You can't do that in a university setting
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Telescope
   • Scope
   Definitions:
   • a magnifier of images of distant objects
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Oscilloscope
   • Scope
   • Cathode-ray oscilloscope
   • CRO
   Definitions:
   • electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities