SCOPE (protein engineering) definition

(1) Electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities

(2) A magnifier of images of distant objects

(3) 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"

(4) The state of the environment in which a situation exists

"You can't do that in a university setting"