Rotulus vs Scroll - What's the difference?
rotulus | scroll |
A roll of parchment or papyrus that was written on to make a permanent record
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A roll of paper or parchment; a writing formed into a roll; a schedule; a list.
(architecture) 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 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.
Scroll-shaped end of a violin.
(geometry) a skew surface.
(computing) To change one's view of data on a computer's display, typically using a scroll bar or a scroll wheel.
To move in or out of view horizontally or vertically.
(internet) To flood a chat system with numerous lines of text, causing legitimate messages to scroll out of view before they can be read.
* 1998 , "rOOth", Brain's chat'' (on newsgroup ''alt.music.queen )
As nouns the difference between rotulus and scroll
is that rotulus is a roll of parchment or papyrus that was written on to make a permanent record while scroll is a roll of paper or parchment; a writing formed into a roll; a schedule; a list.As a verb scroll is
(computing|transitive) to change one's view of data on a computer's display, typically using a scroll bar or a scroll wheel.rotulus
English
(wikipedia rotulus)Noun
(rotuli)scroll
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Alternative forms
* (l), (l), (l) (obsolete) * (l) (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)Verb
(en verb)- She scrolled the offending image out of view.
- The rising credits slowly scrolled off the screen.
- Hey, stop scrolling !
- It's cool but i know why I prefer newsgroups : I just got banned for scrolling or summat : i was typing one word in each message so pppl(SIC) could read it cos it was going so fast - geez.