A roll of paper or parchment; a writing formed into a roll.
Used in a Sentence
scrolls
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for scrolls.
Editorial note
HN has a very limited amount of front page area and the new page scrolls by insanely fast.
Examples13
Definitions4
Parts of speech1
Quick take
A roll of paper or parchment; a writing formed into a roll.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of scrolls gathered in one view.
Spirals or sprays in the shape of an actual plant.
(computer graphics) The incremental movement of graphics on a screen, removing one portion to show the next.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for scrolls.
noun
A roll of paper or parchment; a writing formed into a roll.
noun
Spirals or sprays in the shape of an actual plant.
noun
(computer graphics) The incremental movement of graphics on a screen, removing one portion to show the next.
noun
(cooking) A kind of sweet roll baked in a somewhat spiral shape.
Example sentences
HN has a very limited amount of front page area and the new page scrolls by insanely fast.
It's often positioned below the fold, and there aren't many indicators that there is more content if the user scrolls down.
Yeah, not to mention that for some reason Firefox scrolls such pages in slow-mo.
Does this thing actually throw out not-in-view items entirely, and then ask the server for them again when the user scrolls up?
Also, it scrolls to and highlights the section of the spec you're editing.
That page renders in 112MB and scrolls blisteringly fast in Chrome 45 Dev.
Yet Safari must be doing something with the GPU too, it scrolls quicker.
I'm staying with Firefox for the time being even though Chrome maximises screen real estate and scrolls better (larger increments).
They never watched Laverne and Shirley or Happy Days or Gilligan's Island; you never played Elder Scrolls or Final Fantasy or Grand Theft Auto.
I'm confident that all of this could fit neatly on 3 or 4 vertical scrolls (not 20+ as it stands currently)...
While in case of the dropdown in almost 2 scrolls i can get to the exact number by varying the speed of scroll, like binary search.
Images would only need to be hashed once whereas images need to be rendered in various states at ~60Hz when a user scrolls through a website.
Quote examples
The first five, which are the most widely used, will be prominently displayed, and the others will be shown when a user scrolls sideways on the screen." That's quite a list, I don't even recognize some of them.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use scrolls in a sentence?
HN has a very limited amount of front page area and the new page scrolls by insanely fast.
What does scrolls mean?
A roll of paper or parchment; a writing formed into a roll.
What part of speech is scrolls?
scrolls is commonly used as noun.