scroll (skr l)n. 1. a. A roll, as of parchment or papyrus, used especially for writing a document. b. An ancient book or volume written on such a roll. 2. A list or schedule of names. 3. An ornament or ornamental design that resembles a partially rolled scroll of paper, as the volute in Ionic and Corinthian capitals. 4. Music The curved head on an instrument of the violin family. 5. Heraldry A ribbon inscribed with a motto. v. scrolled, scroll·ing, scrolls v.tr. 1. To inscribe on a scroll. 2. To roll up into a scroll. 3. To ornament with a scroll. 4. Computer Science To cause (displayed text or graphics) to move up, down, or across the screen so that a line of text or graphics appears at one edge of the screen for each line that moves off the opposite edge: scroll a document; scroll a page of text. v.intr. Computer Science 1. To cause displayed text or graphics to move up, down, or across the screen: scrolled down to the end of the document. 2. To appear onscreen and roll by: "The information scrolls so fast it's unreadable" (Creative Computing). [Middle English scrowle, alteration (influenced by rolle, roll) of scrowe, from Old French escroue, escroe, strip of parchment, scroll, of Germanic origin.] |
scroll
Noun
1. a roll of parchment or paper, usually inscribed with writing
2. an ancient book in the form of a roll of parchment, papyrus, or paper
3. a decorative carving or moulding resembling a scroll
Verb
Computers to move (text) on a screen in order to view a section that cannot be fitted into a single display [Middle English scrowle]
Scroll a roll of parchment, hence, its contents; a list of names; a schedule.
Examples: scroll of actors, 1590; of pearly clouds 1862; of eternal counsels, 1649; of the fallen; of fame, 1820; of fate, 1891; of heaven, 1656; of honour; of mortal mystery, 1817; of sins, 1621; of smoke, 1886; of tragedies, 1903.
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| Noun | 1. |  scroll - a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)corolla - (botany) the whorl of petals of a flower that collectively form an inner floral envelope or layer of the perianth; "we cultivate the flower for its corolla" calyx - (botany) the whorl of sepals of a flower collectively forming the outer floral envelope or layer of the perianth enclosing and supporting the developing bud; usually green round shape - a shape that is curved and without sharp angles verticil - a whorl of leaves growing around a stem |
| 2. | scroll - a document that can be rolled up (as for storage) holograph, manuscript - handwritten book or document Megillah - (Judaism) the scroll of parchment that contains the biblical story of Esther; traditionally read in synagogues to celebrate Purim Torah - (Judaism) the scroll of parchment on which the first five books of the Hebrew Scripture is written; is used in a synagogue during services | |
| Verb | 1. | scroll - move through text or graphics in order to display parts that do not fit on the screen; "Scroll down to see the entire text" computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures move - go or proceed from one point to another; "the debate moved from family values to the economy" |
Translations
n scroll [skrəul]
a roll of paper or parchment with writing on it. rol, perkamentrol دُرْج أسْطُواني للكِتابَه свитък svitek skriftrulle die Schriftrolle κύλινδρος χαρτιού ή περγαμηνής rollo kirjarull طومار kirjakäärö rouleau מְגִילָה चीरक svitak (kézirat)tekercs gulungan perkamen bókrolla rotolo 巻物 두루마리 ritinys, ritinėlis (papirusa, pergamenta) tīstoklis skrol boekrol skriftrulle zwój papieru/pergaminu rolo rulou свиток zvitok zvitek rolna papira pergaments-, skriftrulle ม้วนกระดาษมีตัวหนังสือ tomar (羊皮紙)卷軸 сувій گول لپٹا ہوا کاغذ، پارچہ cuộn giấy (羊皮纸)卷轴
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