Scopes – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
Scopes
n.
family name; John T. Scopes (1900-1970), high school science teacher from Tennessee who was tried and found guilty of teaching the theory of evolution (he was later acquitted)
scope
n.
range; extent; sphere, area; space, expanse; opportunity or room for action and thought
Scope
The word
scope may refer to many different devices or
viewing instruments, constructed for many different purposes. Uses of
scope or
scopes may refer to:
Business and organisations
Scopes
Noun
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)
(synonym) John Scopes, John Thomas Scopes
(hypernym) schoolteacher, school teacher
scope
Noun
1. 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"
(synonym) range, reach, orbit, compass, ambit
(hypernym) extent
(hyponym) approximate range, ballpark
2. the state of the environment in which a situation exists; "you can't do that in a university setting"
(synonym) setting, background
(hypernym) environment
(hyponym) canvas, canvass
3. a magnifier of images of distant objects
(synonym) telescope
(hypernym) magnifier
(hyponym) astronomical telescope
(part-meronym) aperture
4. electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities
(synonym) oscilloscope, cathode-ray oscilloscope, CRO
(hypernym) electronic equipment
(part-holonym) radar, microwave radar, radio detection and ranging, radiolocation
(part-meronym) cathode-ray tube, CRT
Scopes
n.
Scopes, family name; John T. Scopes (1900-70), high school science teacher from Tennessee who was tried and found guilty of teaching the theory of evolution (he was later acquitted)
scope
n.
možnost; příležitost; rozsah; oblast
