Definition of Scope

• electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities
• an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"; "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"
• the state of the environment in which a situation exists; "you cant do that in a university setting"