scope

noun

1. 1

   electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities

2. 2

   a magnifier of images of distant objects

3. 3

   an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"

   a piano has a greater range than the human voice

   the ambit of municipal legislation

4. 4

   the state of the environment in which a situation exists

   you can't do that in a university setting