an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: | scope for freedom of e.g. action or thought; freedom from restriction |
the bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball | the angular distance between an imaginary line around a heavenly body parallel to its equator and the equator itself |
the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another | an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator |
the path of an electron around the nucleus of an atom | freedom from normal restraints in conduct |
a particular environment or walk of life | |