n. a magnifier of images of distant objects

n. the state of the environment in which a situation exists; "you can't do that in a university setting"

n. electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities

n. 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"; "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"

n. a complex or critical or unusual difficulty; "the dangerous situation developed suddenly"; "that's quite a situation"; "no human situation is simple"

n. a particular environment or surrounding influence; "there was an atmosphere of excitement"

n. a wide and open space or area as of surface or land or sky

n. the property possessed by a large mass

n. a sequence of prayers constituting the Christian Eucharistic rite; "the priest said Mass"

n. the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary; "the area of a rectangle"; "it was about 500 square feet in area"

n. relative importance; "a problem of the first magnitude"

n. a domain in which something is dominant; "the untroubled kingdom of reason"; "a land of make-believe"; "the rise of the realm of cotton in the south"

n. greatness of magnitude

n. (architecture) one of original three styles of Greek architecture distinguished by the type of column and entablature used or a style developed from the original three by the Romans

n. the extent of something from side to side