scrolling
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noun
1.
a roll of parchment, paper, copper, or other material, especially one with writing on it: a scroll containing the entire Old Testament.
2.
something, especially an ornament, resembling a partly unrolled sheet of paper or having a spiral or coiled form.
3.
a list, roll, roster, or schedule.
4.
5.
the curved head of a violin or other bowed instrument.
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.
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
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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scroll (skrəʊl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a roll of parchment, paper, etc, usually inscribed with writing |
| 2. | an ancient book in the form of a roll of parchment, papyrus, etc |
| 3. | a. a decorative carving or moulding resembling a scroll |
| b. (as modifier): a scroll saw | |
| c. (in combination): scrollwork | |
| —vb | |
| 4. | (tr) to saw into scrolls |
| 5. | to roll up like a scroll |
| 6. | computing to move (text) from right to left or up and down on a screen in order to view text that cannot be contained within a single display image |
| [C15 scrowle, from scrowe, from Old French escroe scrap of parchment, but also influenced by | |
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Word Origin & History
scroll
c.1400, "roll of parchment or paper," altered (by association with rolle "roll") from scrowe (early 13c.), 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 c.1600; sense of "show a few lines at a time" (on a computer or TV screen) first recorded 1981. Related: Scrolled; scrolling.
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Computing Dictionary
scrolling definition
chat, gamesTo flood a chat room or Internet game with text or macros in an attempt to annoy the occupants. This can often cause the chat room to be "uninhabitable" due to the "noise" created by the scroller. Compare spam.
(2001-03-27)
Example sentences
So you suffer through the slowly scrolling program guide.
Scrolling means moving up and down within a web page or other computer window.
But scrolling down and up the page to see who wrote what makes for a difficult reading experience.
Scrolling downward on the page was fairly smooth, with only minimal clipping.
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