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| n. (attribute) | 1. ambit, compass, orbit, range, reach, scope | 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" |
| ~ extent | the distance or area or volume over which something extends.; "the vast extent of the desert"; "an orchard of considerable extent" |
| ~ approximate range, ballpark | near to the scope or range of something.; "his answer wasn't even in the right ballpark" |
| ~ confines | a bounded scope.; "he stayed within the confines of the city" |
| ~ contrast | the range of optical density and tone on a photographic negative or print (or the extent to which adjacent areas on a television screen differ in brightness). |
| ~ internationality, internationalism | quality of being international in scope.; "he applauded the internationality of scientific terminology" |
| ~ latitude | scope for freedom of e.g. action or thought; freedom from restriction. |
| ~ purview, horizon, view | the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated.; "It is beyond the horizon of present knowledge" |
| ~ expanse, sweep | a wide scope.; "the sweep of the plains" |
| ~ gamut | a complete extent or range:.; "a face that expressed a gamut of emotions" |
| ~ spectrum | a broad range of related objects or values or qualities or ideas or activities. |
| ~ palette, pallet | the range of colour characteristic of a particular artist or painting or school of art. |
| n. (state) | 2. background, scope, setting | the state of the environment in which a situation exists.; "you can't do that in a university setting" |
| ~ environment | the totality of surrounding conditions.; "he longed for the comfortable environment of his living room" |
| ~ canvass, canvas | the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account.; "the crowded canvas of history"; "the movie demanded a dramatic canvas of sound" |
| ~ show window, showcase | a setting in which something can be displayed to best effect.; "it was a showcase for democracy in Africa" |
| n. (artifact) | 3. scope, telescope | a magnifier of images of distant objects. |
| ~ aperture | a device that controls amount of light admitted. |
| ~ astronomical telescope | any telescope designed to collect and record electromagnetic radiation from cosmic sources. |
| ~ collimator | a small telescope attached to a large telescope to use in setting the line of the larger one. |
| ~ equatorial | a telescope whose mounting has only two axes of motion, one parallel to the Earth's axis and the other one at right angles to it. |
| ~ view finder, viewfinder, finder | optical device that helps a user to find the target of interest. |
| ~ magnifier | a scientific instrument that magnifies an image. |
| ~ optical prism, prism | optical device having a triangular shape and made of glass or quartz; used to deviate a beam or invert an image. |
| ~ solar telescope | a telescope designed to make observations of the sun. |
| ~ transit instrument | a telescope mounted on an axis running east and west and used to time the transit of a celestial body across the meridian. |
| n. (artifact) | 4. cathode-ray oscilloscope, cro, oscilloscope, scope | electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities. |
| ~ cardiac monitor, heart monitor | a piece of electronic equipment for continual observation of the function of the heart. |
| ~ cathode-ray tube, crt | a vacuum tube in which a hot cathode emits a beam of electrons that pass through a high voltage anode and are focused or deflected before hitting a phosphorescent screen. |
| ~ electronic equipment | equipment that involves the controlled conduction of electrons (especially in a gas or vacuum or semiconductor). |
| ~ monitoring device, monitor | display produced by a device that takes signals and displays them on a television screen or a computer monitor. |
| ~ microwave radar, radar, radio detection and ranging, radiolocation | measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects. |
| telescope | | |
| v. (contact) | 1. telescope | crush together or collapse.; "In the accident, the cars telescoped"; "my hiking sticks telescope and can be put into the backpack" |
| ~ mash, squash, squeeze, crush, squelch | to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition.; "crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon" |
| v. (change) | 2. telescope | make smaller or shorter.; "the novel was telescoped into a short play" |
| ~ condense, concentrate, digest | make more concise.; "condense the contents of a book into a summary" |
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