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Noun

1. Tennessee highschool teacher who violated a state law by teaching evolution; in a highly publicized trial in 1925 he was prosecuted by William Jennings Bryan and defended by Clarence Darrow (1900-1970)

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

3. The state of the environment in which a situation exists

4. A magnifier of images of distant objects

5. Electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities