scroll vs turbinate

scroll

noun
  • A turbinate bone. 

  • The incremental movement of graphics on a screen, removing one portion to show the next. 

  • A spiral waterway placed round a turbine to regulate the flow. 

  • A roll of paper or parchment; a writing formed into a roll. 

  • An ornament formed of undulations giving off spirals or sprays, usually suggestive of plant form. Roman architectural ornament is largely of some scroll pattern. 

  • A skew surface. 

  • A mark or flourish added to a person's signature, intended to represent a seal, and in some States allowed as a substitute for a seal. [U.S.] Alexander Mansfield Burrill. 

  • The carved end of a violin, viola, cello or other stringed instrument, most commonly scroll-shaped but occasionally in the form of a human or animal head. 

  • A kind of sweet roll baked in a somewhat spiral shape. 

  • Spirals or sprays in the shape of an actual plant. 

verb
  • To flood a chat system with numerous lines of text, causing legitimate messages to scroll out of view before they can be read. 

  • To move in or out of view horizontally or vertically. 

  • To change one's view of data on a computer's display, typically using a scroll bar or a scroll wheel to move in gradual increments. 

turbinate

noun
  • A turbinal or turbinate bone. 

adj
  • Shaped or spinning like a top (spinning top). 

  • In the shape of a coil. 

  • Of, or relating to, the turbinate bone. 

  • Spiral and decreasing sharply in diameter from base to apex. 

verb
  • To revolve or spin like a top; to whirl. 

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