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pull-down en · ADJ

Deverbal from pull down.

(not-comparable) 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:

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pulldown		alternative	lexicographic

Deverbal from pull down.

(countable, uncountable) 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.
(countable, uncountable) A technique by which a protein is brought down in a test tube by another.
(countable, uncountable) 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:
(uncountable, usually) Dodder (plant of genus Cuscuta).
(countable, uncountable) 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:
- 2004, Luke Holman, Hardest, most tech trick on the net, May 12 2004 via Google Groups 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.
(countable, uncountable) 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.

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pulldown		alternative	lexicographic
pull-downs	Number=Plur		lexicographic

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