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scope
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?sk??p/
- IPA(key): /?sko?p/
- Hyphenation: scope
- Rhymes: -??p
Etymology 1
From Italian scopo (“purpose”), from Latin scopus (“target”), from Ancient Greek ?????? (skopós), from ????????? (sképtomai), from Proto-Indo-European *spe?-. Etymologically related to skeptic and spectrum.
Noun
scope (countable and uncountable, plural scopes)
- The breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain.
- (weaponry) A device used in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target.
- Synonym: telescopic sight
- 2014, Sgt. Jack Coughlin, Donald A. Davis, On Scope: A Sniper Novel, St. Martin's Press (?ISBN)
- Opportunity; broad range; degree of freedom.
- 2001, Mike Hughes, Andy Vass, Strategies for Closing the Learning Gap (page 19)
- It is also true that the vast majority of teachers are highly skilled and experienced professionals who are already doing an excellent job in the classroom, thus leaving relatively little scope for improvement.
- 2014, Mary Kitt-Neel, Lie Down in Princess Position
- She had in fact put in a resume at another firm that gave their graphics team much more scope.
- 2001, Mike Hughes, Andy Vass, Strategies for Closing the Learning Gap (page 19)
- (programming) The region of program source code in which a given identifier is meaningful, or a given object can be accessed.
- 2001, Mary Campione, Kathy Walrath, Alison Huml, The Java Tutorial: A Short Course on the Basics, Addison-Wesley Professional (?ISBN), page 72
- 2001, Mary Campione, Kathy Walrath, Alison Huml, The Java Tutorial: A Short Course on the Basics, Addison-Wesley Professional (?ISBN), page 72
- (logic) The shortest sub-wff of which a given instance of a logical connective is a part.
- (linguistics) The region of an utterance to which some modifying element applies.
- (slang) A periscope, telescope, microscope or oscilloscope.
- (medicine, colloquial) Any medical procedure that ends in the suffix -scopy, such as endoscopy, colonoscopy, bronchoscopy, etc.
Hyponyms
Derived terms
- in-scope
- scopeless
Descendants
- ? Irish: scóp
Translations
Verb
scope (third-person singular simple present scopes, present participle scoping, simple past and past participle scoped)
- (informal, transitive) To perform a cursory investigation of; scope out.
- (medicine, colloquial) 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.
- (programming) To limit (an object or variable) to a certain region of program source code.
- If we locally scope the user's login name, it won't be accessible from outside this function.
- (informal) To examine under a microscope.
- The entomologist explained that he could not tell what species of springtail we were looking at without scoping it.
- (birdwatching, informal) To observe a bird using a spotting scope.
Translations
Etymology 2
Latin scopa
Noun
scope (plural scopes)
- (obsolete) A bundle, as of twigs.
References
Anagrams
- OPSEC, Pecos, copes, copse
Italian
Noun
scope f
- plural of scopa
Anagrams
- cespo, pesco, pescò, speco
Latin
Noun
scope
- vocative singular of scopus
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amplitude
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French amplitude, from Latin amplit?d?, from amplus (“large”); synchronically, ample +? -itude.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?æm.pl?.tud/
Noun
amplitude (countable and uncountable, plural amplitudes)
- The measure of something's size, especially in terms of width or breadth; largeness, magnitude.
- The cathedral of Lincoln […] is a magnificent structure, proportionable to the amplitude of the diocese.
- amplitude of comprehension
- (mathematics) The maximum absolute value of the vertical component of a curve or function, especially one that is periodic.
- (physics) The maximum absolute value of some quantity that varies.
- (astronomy) The arc of the horizon between the true east or west point and the center of the sun, or a star, at its rising or setting. At the rising, the amplitude is eastern or ortive: at the setting, it is western, occiduous, or occasive. It is also northern or southern, when north or south of the equator.
- (astronomy) The arc of the horizon between the true east or west point and the foot of the vertical circle passing through any star or object.
- (firearms) The horizontal line which measures the distance to which a projectile is thrown; the range.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Further reading
- amplitude in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- amplitude in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French amplitude, from Latin amplit?d?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??m.pli?ty.d?/
- Hyphenation: am?pli?tu?de
Noun
amplitude f (plural amplitudes, diminutive amplitudetje n)
- (mathematics, physics) amplitude
Derived terms
- amplitudemodulatie
See also
- frequentie
- golf
French
Etymology
From Latin amplit?d?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.pli.tyd/
Noun
amplitude f (plural amplitudes)
- (mathematics, physics) amplitude
Further reading
- “amplitude” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin amplit?d?.
Noun
amplitude m (definite singular amplituden, indefinite plural amplituder, definite plural amplitudene)
- (mathematics, physics) amplitude
References
- “amplitude” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Latin amplit?d?.
Noun
amplitude m (definite singular amplituden, indefinite plural amplitudar, definite plural amplitudane)
- (mathematics, physics) amplitude
References
- “amplitude” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin amplit?d?.
Noun
amplitude f (plural amplitudes)
- amplitude; extent
Related terms
- amplo
amplitude From the web:
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