scroll

  • 21scroll — noun 1》 a roll of parchment or paper for writing or painting on.     ↘an ancient book or document written on a scroll. 2》 an ornamental design or carving resembling a partly unrolled scroll of parchment. verb 1》 move displayed text or graphics on …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 22scroll — [skrəʊl] noun [C] I a long roll of paper with ancient writing on it II verb [I/T] computing scroll [skrəʊl] to move words or images up or down a computer screen in order to read or look at something It shouldn t take long to scroll through the… …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 23scroll — [15] Scroll has no family connection with roll, although roll is largely responsible for its present day form. Etymologically it is actually the same word as shred. Both go back to a prehistoric Germanic *skrautha ‘something cut’. This evolved in …

    Word origins

  • 24scroll — n. & v. n. 1 a roll of parchment or paper esp. with writing on it. 2 a book in the ancient roll form. 3 an ornamental design or carving imitating a roll of parchment. v. 1 tr. (often foll. by down, up) move (a display on a VDU screen) in order to …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 25scroll — Rule Rule, n. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Syn: regulation; law; precept; maxim; guide; canon; order; method; direction; control; government; sway; empire. [1913 Webster] Rule Rule, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ruled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ruling}.] [Cf. OF. riuler …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 26scroll —    (not preferred)    refer to meander scroll …

    Glossary of landform and geologic terms

  • 27scroll — skrəʊl n. roll of paper or parchment with writing on it; ornamental design resembling a scroll; object shaped like a spiral; roster, list v. create curves or spirals, cut into spirals or curves; move on screen text or images horizontally or… …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 28scroll — 1 noun (C) 1 a long piece of paper that can be rolled up, and is used as an official document 2 a decoration shaped like a roll of paper 2 verb (I, T) to move information on a computer screen up or down so that you can read it (+ up/down): Could… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 29scroll — {{#}}{{LM S43297}}{{〓}} {{[}}scroll{{]}} {{■}}(ing.){{□}} {{《}}▍ s.m.{{》}} {{♂}}En informática,{{♀}} barra, botón o mecanismo que permite desplazar el texto o las imágenes, en sentido horizontal o vertical, cuando ocupan un espacio mayor al de la …

    Diccionario de uso del español actual con sinónimos y antónimos

  • 30SCROLL OF ANTIOCHUS — (Heb. מְגִלַּת אַנְטִיוֹכוֹס) or Scroll of the Hasmoneans (Heb. מְגִלַּת בֵּית חַשְׁמוֹנַאי), popular account of the wars of the Hasmoneans and of the origin of the festival of Ḥanukkah . The scroll has been handed down in several Aramaic… …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism