pull-down
noun
Meaning
- 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.
- A technique by which a protein is brought down in a test tube by another.
- The conversion of video footage to a higher frame rate by duplicating certain frames.
- (usually uncountable) Dodder (plant of genus Cuscuta).
- A trick done with rings where each ring is pulled down over the head instead of being caught and held in the hand.
- (exercise) 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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