·- A combining form usually signifying an instrument for viewing (with the eye) or observing (in any way); as in microscope, telescope, altoscope, anemoscope.
·noun Extended area. II. Scope ·noun Length; extent; sweep; as, scope of cable. III. Scope ·vt To ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
The riding scope of a vessel's cable should be at least three times the depth of water under her, bu...
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