noun
Meaning 1
The act or result of pulling back; a withdrawal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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pullback
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noun
Meaning 2
The act of drawing a camera back to broaden the visible scene.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: broadcasting, film, media, television
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noun
Meaning 3
Something that holds back; a drawback; a hindrance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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noun
Meaning 4
A reduction in the price of a financial instrument after reaching a peak
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, finance
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noun
Meaning 5
An attacking pass from the wing into a position further from the attacking goal line.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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noun
Meaning 6
A device for making a woman's gown hang close and straight in front.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
Meaning 7
The map between cotangent bundles of manifolds corresponding to a smooth map between smooth manifolds, which at each point is the dual map to the corresponding pushforward.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: differential geometry
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noun
Meaning 8
The limit of a cospan: a Cartesian square or “pullback square”.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: category-theory, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fiber product, fibre product, Cartesian square, pullback square
Antonyms: none provided
Narrower terms: equalizer, equaliser
noun
Meaning 9
Within a Cartesian square (which has a pair of divergent morphisms and a pair of convergent morphisms) the divergent morphism which is directly opposite to a given one of the convergent morphisms, said to be “along” the convergent morphism which is between that pair of opposite morphisms. (The pullback is said to be “of” the given morphism.)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: category-theory, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
Meaning 10
A move in tap dance involving a backward jump landing on the balls of the feet.
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noun
Meaning 11
(military) the act of pulling back (especially an orderly withdrawal of troops)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the pullback is expected to be over 25,000 troops
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Synonyms: none provided
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Broader terms: withdrawal
noun
Meaning 12
a device (as a decorative loop of cord or fabric) for holding or drawing something back
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the draperies were drawn to the sides by pullbacks
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tieback
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: holding device
History
Etymology
Deverbal from pull back.
Across languages
Translations
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: издърпване (izdǎrpvane) — differential geometry: map between cotangent bundles
- Polish: produkt włóknisty — differential geometry: map between cotangent bundles
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