meaning of scroll

1. A roll of paper or parchment; a writing formed into a roll; a schedule; a list.
2. 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 persons signature, intended to represent a seal, and in some States allowed as a substitute for a seal.
4. Same as Skew surface. See under Skew.
5. scroll 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.
6. a document that can be rolled up as for storage

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scroll | scroll bar | scroll saw | scrollable list | scrolled | scrolling |

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