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pull-down

pull-down noun: a dynamic menu; a list of options in a computer application which appears below a heading when it is selected, and remains only as long as the user needs it.

Noun

pull-down (countable and uncountable, plural pull-downs)

  1. A dynamic menu; a list of options in a computer application which appears below a heading when it is selected, and remains only as long as the user needs it.
  2. A technique by which a protein is brought down in a test tube by another.
  3. The conversion of video footage to a higher frame rate by duplicating certain frames.
    • When a TV monitor is in shot, and the film is transferred to video through the normal 2:3 pulldown there will be a strobing effect where the film and video frame rates clash.2013, David Mellor, Sound Person's Guide to Video, page 216
  4. (uncountable, usually) Dodder (plant of genus Cuscuta).
  5. A trick done with rings where each ring is pulled down over the head instead of being caught and held in the hand.
    • Another classic trick with rings is the 'pull-down'. This can only be done with rings that fit easily over your head.1994, Haggis McLeod, KNOW THE GAME - JUGGLING, →ISBN
    • For example, the 11 ring pulldown didn't stick in my head because I don't really juggle rings, and I have no conception of how hard it is.2004, Luke Holman, Hardest, most tech trick on the net, May 12 2004 via Google Groups
  6. An exercise mostly performed by pulling cables, a bar, or handles from a machine situated diagonally to the front top of the sportsman and targetting the rear muscles.

Adjective

pull-down (not comparable)

  1. That can be pulled down (lowered).
    • The new seating in the second-class open coach; note the newspaper racks and the pull-down tables on the seat-backs.1964 July, Brian Haresnape, “XP64: New Standard Carriage Project”, in Modern Railways, page 4, photo caption

Forms of pull-down

pluralpull-downs
alternative formpulldown

Origin of pull-down

Deverbal from pull down.

Words formed from pull-down

Phrases with pull-down

Questions about pull-down

What does pull-down mean?
Pull-down means a dynamic menu; a list of options in a computer application which appears below a heading when it is selected, and remains only as long as the user needs it.
What part of speech is pull-down?
Pull-down can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of pull-down?
The plural of pull-down is pull-downs.

Words near pull-down in the dictionary

  1. pull'd
  2. pull-apart
  3. pull-aparts
  4. pull-back
  5. pull-backs
  6. pull-down
  7. pull-down resistor
  8. pull-down resistors
  9. pull-downs
  10. pull-focus
  11. pull-in

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