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scroll
[skrohl]
–noun
| 1. | a roll of parchment, paper, copper, or other material, esp. one with writing on it: a scroll containing the entire Old Testament. |
| 2. | something, esp. an ornament, resembling a partly unrolled sheet of paper or having a spiral or coiled form. |
| 3. | a list, roll, roster, or schedule. |
| 4. | (in Japanese and Chinese art) a painting or text on silk or paper that is either displayed on a wall (hanging scroll) or held by the viewer (hand scroll) and is rolled up when not in use. Compare kakemono, makimono. |
| 5. | the curved head of a violin or other bowed instrument. |
| 6. | a note, message, or other piece of writing. |
–verb (used with object)
| 7. | to cut into a curved form with a narrow-bladed saw. |
| 8. | Computers. to move (text) up, down, or across a display screen, with new text appearing on the screen as old text disappears. |
–verb (used without object)
| 9. | Computers. to move text vertically or horizontally on a display screen in searching for a particular section, line, etc. |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Scroll
Scroll\, n. [A dim. of OE. scroue, scrowe (whence E. escrow), OF. escroe, escroue, F. ['e]crou entry in the jail book, LL. scroa scroll, probably of Teutonic origin; cf. OD. schroode a strip, shred, slip of paper, akin to E. shred. Cf. Shred, Escrow.]1. A roll of paper or parchment; a writing formed into a roll; a schedule; a list. The heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll. --Isa. xxxiv. 4. Here is the scroll of every man's name. --Shak. 2. (Arch.) An ornament formed of undulations giving off spirals or sprays, usually suggestive of plant form. Roman architectural ornament is largely of some scroll pattern. 3. 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.] --Burrill. 4. (Geom.) Same as Skew surface. See under Skew. Linen scroll (Arch.) See under Linen. Scroll chuck (Mach.), an adjustable chuck, applicable to a lathe spindle, for centering and holding work, in which the jaws are adjusted and tightened simultaneously by turning a disk having in its face a spiral groove which is entered by teeth on the backs of the jaws. Scroll saw. See under Saw.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : Scroll
Spanish:
rollo,
German:
die Schriftrolle,
Japanese:
巻物
scroll (n.)
1405, "roll of parchment or paper," altered (by association with rolle "roll") from scrowe (c.1225), from Anglo-Fr. escrowe, O.Fr. escroe "scrap, roll of parchment," from Frank. *skroda "shred" (cf. M.Du. schroode "shred," O.H.G. scrot "piece cut off," Ger. Schrot "log, block, small shot"), from P.Gmc. *skrautha "something cut." The verb meaning "to write down in a scroll" is recorded from 1606; sense of "show a few lines at a time" (on a computer or TV screen) first recorded 1981.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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SCROLL
String and Character Recording Oriented Logogrammatic Language.
["SCROLL - A Pattern Recording Language", M. Sargent, Proc SJCC 36 (1970)].
(1994-12-01)
scroll interface
(From a scroll of paper) To change the portion of a document displayed in a window or on a VDU screen. In a graphical user interface, scrolling is usually controlled by the user via scroll bars, whereas on a VDU the text scrolls up automatically as lines of data are output at the bottom of the screen.
(2001-04-27)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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