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Also, the scope is a 4x32 rifle scope (I think the brand is BSA)

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  1. noun The range of one's perceptions, thoughts, or actions.
  2. noun Breadth or opportunity to function. See Synonyms at room.
  3. noun The area covered by a given activity or subject. See Synonyms at range.
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  • Theresa had claimed the scope was an Extremadura extrusion, that there was a hidden depression in mid-desert known only to the Faller where telescopes and monoculars of every variety grew. —  Dozois, Gardner ; Strahan, Jonathan - SSC - The New Space Opera (v1.0)
  • Tracking Maldonado through the scope was almost like watching him on a television set--concentrating on the head, a blond coin bisected by the dark hat. —  EQMM,August2006
  • Thus American science lacks the scope which is characteristic of higher instruction in our old Europe. —  Louis Agassiz: His Life and Correspondence
  • As for parallax, the scope was an American model Zeiss 4. 5X-14X with dial-a-dog parallax on the turret, so that was not the problem. —  Field & Stream -
  • By default, under the scope which is annotated, all instantiations are newified, but you can limit the reach by specifying the classes you're interested in.
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extent ·  significance ·  complexity ·  aim ·  dimension ·  resource ·  opportunity ·  understanding ·  breadth ·  range ·  responsibility ·  goal
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Italian scopo, aim, purpose, from Greek skopos, target, aim; see spek- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Middle English, from Latin scopa, usually in plural scopæ, twigs, shoots, branches, a broom, besom, brush.
  2. Early modern English also skope; = Portuguese scopo, aim, object, from Italian scopo, a mark or butt to shoot at, aim, scope, purpose, intent, from Late Latin *scopus, scopos, a mark, aim, from Greek σκοπός, a mark, also a spy, a watcher, from σκοπεῑν, see, from σκεπ- in σκέπτεσ, σ1θαι, see, view, consider, = Latin specere, see: see skeptic, spy.
 

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