Scope
Encyclopedia
The word scope may refer to many different devices or viewing instruments, constructed for many different purposes. It may refer to a telescopic sight
, an optical device
commonly used on firearm
s. Other uses of scope or Scopes may refer to:
Telescopic sight
A telescopic sight, commonly called a scope, is a sighting device that is based on an optical refracting telescope. They are equipped with some form of graphic image pattern mounted in an optically appropriate position in their optical system to give an accurate aiming point...
, an optical device
Optical instrument
An optical instrument either processes light waves to enhance an image for viewing, or analyzes light waves to determine one of a number of characteristic properties.-Image enhancement:...
commonly used on firearm
Firearm
A firearm is a weapon that launches one, or many, projectile at high velocity through confined burning of a propellant. This subsonic burning process is technically known as deflagration, as opposed to supersonic combustion known as a detonation. In older firearms, the propellant was typically...
s. Other uses of scope or Scopes may refer to:
People
- John T. ScopesJohn T. ScopesJohn Thomas Scopes , was a biology teacher in Dayton, Tennessee, who was charged on May 5, 1925 for violating Tennessee's Butler Act, which prohibited the teaching of evolution in Tennessee schools...
, the central figure in the Scopes TrialScopes TrialThe Scopes Trial—formally known as The State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes and informally known as the Scopes Monkey Trial—was a landmark American legal case in 1925 in which high school science teacher, John Scopes, was accused of violating Tennessee's Butler Act which made it unlawful to... - Jamie ScopeJamie ScopeJamie Scope is an English footballer.-College and amateur:From 2006 to 2010, Scope was a member of the University of the Incarnate Word Men's soccer team located in San Antonio, Texas...
, Wilmington HammerheadsWilmington HammerheadsWilmington Hammerheads is an American professional soccer team based in Wilmington, North Carolina. Founded in 1996, the team plays in the American Division of the new USL Professional Division, the third tier of the American Soccer Pyramid....
footballer
Business and organisations
- SCOPE (nonprofit organization), a United States charity that provides scholarship for children in need to attend camp
- Scope (charity), a British charity that supports people with cerebral palsy
- Senior Consulting Program for Engineering (SCOPE) program at Franklin W. Olin College of EngineeringFranklin W. Olin College of EngineeringThe Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering is a private undergraduate engineering college located in Needham, Massachusetts , adjacent to the Babson College campus. Olin College is noted in the engineering community for its youth, small size, project-based curriculum, and large endowment funded...
- SCOPE or Scientific Committee on Problems of the EnvironmentScientific Committee on Problems of the EnvironmentThe Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment was established by the 10th meeting of the Executive Committee of the ICSU in 1969. SCOPE's members include 38 national science academies and research councils, and 22 international scientific unions.The current president is Lu Yonglong...
the environmental theory - The Scope, a newspaper in St. John's, Newfoundland
- Standing Conference of Public Enterprises, the apex body of Central Government owned Public Enterprises in India
- Scope, a not-for-profit organisation providing disability services throughout VictoriaVictoria (Australia)Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
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Media and entertainment
- SCOPE (TV series)SCOPE (TV series)SCOPE was a science television series produced in conjunction with Irish broadcaster RTÉ. Each show was a 25-minute, fast moving 'MTV’-style programme targeting young people...
- SCOPE (software), an acronym for Supervisory Control Of Program Execution, operating systems for Control Data CorporationControl Data CorporationControl Data Corporation was a supercomputer firm. For most of the 1960s, it built the fastest computers in the world by far, only losing that crown in the 1970s after Seymour Cray left the company to found Cray Research, Inc....
mainframe computers
Other uses
- ArthroscopyArthroscopyArthroscopy is a minimally invasive surgical procedure in which an examination and sometimes treatment of damage of the interior of a joint is performed using an arthroscope, a type of endoscope that is inserted into the joint through a small incision...
, a medical procedure - CinemaScopeCinemaScopeCinemaScope was an anamorphic lens series used for shooting wide screen movies from 1953 to 1967. Its creation in 1953, by the president of 20th Century-Fox, marked the beginning of the modern anamorphic format in both principal photography and movie projection.The anamorphic lenses theoretically...
or Scope prints, anamorphic film prints - Norfolk ScopeNorfolk ScopeNorfolk Scope is a multipurpose culture, entertainment, convention and sports arena at the northern perimeter of downtown Norfolk, Virginia, designed by Italian architect/engineer Pier Luigi Nervi in conjunction with the local firm of Williams and Tazewell...
, an arena in Norfolk, Virginia - OscilloscopeOscilloscopeAn oscilloscope is a type of electronic test instrument that allows observation of constantly varying signal voltages, usually as a two-dimensional graph of one or more electrical potential differences using the vertical or 'Y' axis, plotted as a function of time,...
, a type of electronic test intrument - Scopes TrialScopes TrialThe Scopes Trial—formally known as The State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes and informally known as the Scopes Monkey Trial—was a landmark American legal case in 1925 in which high school science teacher, John Scopes, was accused of violating Tennessee's Butler Act which made it unlawful to...
, a legal case regarding the teaching of the theory of evolution - Scope (programming)Scope (programming)In computer programming, scope is an enclosing context where values and expressions are associated. Various programming languages have various types of scopes. The type of scope determines what kind of entities it can contain and how it affects them—or semantics...
, the range in which a variable can be referenced - Scope (mouthwash)Scope (mouthwash)Scope is a brand of mouthwash made by Procter & Gamble. It was introduced in 1966. Originally available only in mint flavor, Scope is still currently available in original mint , but also in a peppermint & new Scope White...
, a mouthwash brand by Procter & Gamble - Scope (project management)Scope (project management)In project management, the term scope has two distinct uses: Project Scope and Product Scope.Project Scope"The work that needs to be accomplished to deliver a product, service, or result with the specified features and functions."Product Scope...
, the sum of all projects products and their features - SCOPE (protein engineering)SCOPE (protein engineering)Structure-Based Combinatorial Protein Engineering is a synthetic biology technique for creating gene libraries of defined composition designed from structural and probabilistic constraints of the encoded proteins...
, a technique of creating gene libraries