SCOPING

/ˈskoʊpiːŋ/
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Definition

/ˈskoʊpiːŋ/
verb
  1. To perform a cursory investigation of; scope out.
  2. To perform any medical procedure that ends in the suffix -scopy, such as endoscopy, colonoscopy, bronchoscopy, etc.
    “The surgeon will scope the football player's knee to repair damage to a ligament.”
  3. To limit (an object or variable) to a certain region of program source code.
    “If we locally scope the user's login name, it won't be accessible from outside this function.”
noun
  1. The act of adding a scope

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