scroll
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Definitions ofscroll
- A roll of paper or parchment; a writing formed into a roll.
- An ornament formed of undulations giving off spirals or sprays, usually suggestive of plant form. Roman architectural ornament is largely of some scroll pattern.
- Spirals or sprays in the shape of an actual plant.
- A mark or flourish added to a person's signature, intended to represent a seal, and in some States allowed as a substitute for a seal. [U.S.] Alexander Mansfield Burrill.
- The carved end of a violin, viola, cello or other stringed instrument, most commonly scroll-shaped but occasionally in the form of a human or animal head.
- A skew surface.
- A kind of sweet roll baked in a somewhat spiral shape.
Example: "I ordered a glass of lemonade and a coffee scroll."
- The incremental movement of graphics on a screen, removing one portion to show the next.
- (hydraulics) A spiral waterway placed round a turbine to regulate the flow.
- A turbinate bone.
- To change one's view of data on a computer's display, typically using a scroll bar or a scroll wheel to move in gradual increments.
Example: "She scrolled the offending image out of view."
- To move in or out of view horizontally or vertically.
Example: "The rising credits slowly scrolled off the screen."
- To flood a chat system with numerous lines of text, causing legitimate messages to scroll out of view before they can be read.
Example: "Hey, stop scrolling!"
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