1. Tennessee highschool teacher who violated a state law by teaching evolution; in a highly publicized trial in 1925 he was prosecuted by William Jennings Bryan and defended by Clarence Darrow (1900-1970)
   - John Scopes, John Thomas Scopes

1. An area in which something acts or operates or has power or control
   "within the scope of an investigation"
   - range, reach, orbit, compass, ambit 
2. The state of the environment in which a situation exists
   - setting, background 
3. A magnifier of images of distant objects
   - telescope 
4. Electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities
   - oscilloscope, cathode-ray oscilloscope, CRO

See also: scopal

Type of: electronic equipment, environment, extent, magnifier, school teacher, schoolie [Austral], schoolteacher

Part of: cardiac monitor, heart monitor, microwave radar, monitor, monitoring device, radar, radio detection and ranging, radiolocation

Encyclopedia: Scopes

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