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Scope (noun)
The breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain.
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Scope (noun)
A device used in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target.
“telescopic sight”
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Scope (noun)
The region of program source in which an identifier is meaningful.
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Scope (noun)
The shortest sub-wff of which a given instance of a logical connective is a part.
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Scope (noun)
The region of an utterance to which some modifying element applies.
“the scope of an adverb”
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Scope (noun)
A periscope, telescope, microscope or oscilloscope.
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Scope (noun)
Short for any medical procedure that ends in the suffix endoscopy, colonoscopy, bronchoscopy, etc.}}
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Scope (verb)
To perform a cursory investigation, as to scope out.
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Scope (verb)
To perform any medical procedure that ends in the suffix -scopy, such as endoscopy, colonoscopy, bronchoscopy, etc.
“The surgeon will scope the football player’s knee to repair damage to a ligament.”
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Scope (verb)
To examine under a microscope.
“The entomologist explained that he could not tell what species of springtail we were looking at without scoping it.”
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Objective (adjective)
Of or relating to a material object, actual existence or reality.
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Objective (adjective)
Not influenced by the emotions or prejudices.
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Objective (adjective)
Based on observed facts.
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Objective (adjective)
Of, or relating to a noun or pronoun used as the object of a verb.
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Objective (adjective)
Of, or relating to verbal conjugation that indicates the object (patient) of an action. In linguistic descriptions of Tundra Nenets, among others.
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Objective (noun)
A material object that physically exists.
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Objective (noun)
A goal that is striven for.
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Objective (noun)
The objective case.
“object case|objective case”
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Objective (noun)
a noun or pronoun in the objective case.
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Objective (noun)
The lens or lenses of a camera, microscope, or other optical device closest to the object being examined.