What's the difference between scroll and signature?

Scroll


Definition:

  • (n.) A roll of paper or parchment; a writing formed into a roll; a schedule; a list.
  • (n.) An ornament formed of undulations giving off spirals or sprays, usually suggestive of plant form. Roman architectural ornament is largely of some scroll pattern.
  • (n.) 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.
  • (n.) Same as Skew surface. See under Skew.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Gone would be the system of semi-competition, of backroom bundles that force you to pay for channels and programming you wouldn't watch – even if it was the only thing available, like when you turn off the TV after a long, fruitless Netflix scroll.
  • (2) With commendable alacrity, meanwhile, the developers at art-game co-operative KOOPmode have already released a downloadable satire on how Facebook might work in 3D , graced with the irresistible tagline: "Scroll Facebook … with your face".
  • (3) Scrolling tabs in the tab bar Tighter integration with Mac Mail allows emailing directly from Safari using the recently sent to contact list 6.34pm BST Craig Federighi demonstrates the "simple and more powerful" design.
  • (4) Successive letters were scrolled in a horizontal direction at different speeds through a 'window'.
  • (5) The TPR values were closely correlated with subjective visual AR scores (r = 0.73), with AR scores derived by measuring the space between the ventral portion of the scroll and the floor of the nasal cavity (r = 0.72), and the actual size of this space in millimeters (r = 0.71).
  • (6) Fragments of Dead Sea Scroll Parchments were extracted for collagen and subjected to amino acid analysis.
  • (7) DNA Translator is able to convert documented GenBank or EMBL documented sequences into linearized, rescalable gene maps whose gene sequences are extractable by clicking on the corresponding map button or by selection from a scrolling list.
  • (8) An earlier version referred to a scrolling ticker on Qatari state television’s nightly newscast.
  • (9) They added to a growing list of big names already sidelined this season by one ailment or another, a scroll that includes Deron Williams, Stephen Curry, Steve Nash and Tyson Chandler.
  • (10) The highlights are below, scroll down for the full audio: On Thursday’s “bizarre” day in parliament: Leadership spills are unusual.
  • (11) It's actually easier doing that on the iPad than on a laptop – the scrolling works better.
  • (12) The Apple-Samsung case has so far lasted for four weeks, and the jurors are expected to deliberate for another week as they try to untangle the complex forms – in which they have to decide, among other things, whether any of 21 different Samsung tablets and smartphones infringed any of 10 different patents on functionality – such as the "rubber band" effect when trying to scroll past the top of a list – and whether the "trade dress" of Apple's products is sufficiently "famous" to merit protection.
  • (13) Interactive facilities include the ability, to scroll through the sequences, to rotate the structure and to connect the examination of the sequences and the structure by selecting a portion of the sequences and automatically highlighting the corresponding region in the structure and vice versa.
  • (14) Data are displayed taking advantage of such features of these terminals as reverse video, highlighting, and scroll windowing.
  • (15) From Nic Philps to Dave Barber: The first hour of the programme is here [hyperlink] Scroll through to the phone call at 52 mins in.
  • (16) For a list of 21 smartphones and tablets, has Apple shown that Samsung infringed the '381 patent (covering "bounce-back" when scrolling to the end of a list)?
  • (17) The mean diameter of the individual subunit ('scroll') inside the secretory granule was 88.8 nm for both normal and asthmatic lung.
  • (18) Cat videos aside, there’s an unspoken war going on Take a scroll through your Facebook feed.
  • (19) However, scroll formation, characteristic of mast cell granules, was not observed in cells grown in semisolid and liquid culture.
  • (20) The following advantages are notable: (1) the anatomic area of interest can be located first with the conventional real-time two-dimensional mode, then switched to reveal three-dimensional images, instantly; (2) three images are exhibited concurrently; (3) each of the three images can be arrayed separately and scrolled to search for the area of interest within the scanned volume; (4) the three-dimensional ultrasonography can be equipped with Doppler color flow mapping for the study of the fetal cardiovascular system.

Signature


Definition:

  • (v. t.) A sign, stamp, or mark impressed, as by a seal.
  • (v. t.) Especially, the name of any person, written with his own hand, employed to signify that the writing which precedes accords with his wishes or intentions; a sign manual; an autograph.
  • (v. t.) An outward mark by which internal characteristics were supposed to be indicated.
  • (v. t.) A resemblance between the external characters of a disease and those of some physical agent, for instance, that existing between the red skin of scarlet fever and a red cloth; -- supposed to indicate this agent in the treatment of the disease.
  • (v. t.) The designation of the key (when not C major, or its relative, A minor) by means of one or more sharps or flats at the beginning of the staff, immediately after the clef, affecting all notes of the same letter throughout the piece or movement. Each minor key has the same signature as its relative major.
  • (v. t.) A letter or figure placed at the bottom of the first page of each sheet of a book or pamphlet, as a direction to the binder in arranging and folding the sheets.
  • (v. t.) The printed sheet so marked, or the form from which it is printed; as, to reprint one or more signatures.
  • (v. t.) That part of a prescription which contains the directions to the patient. It is usually prefaced by S or Sig. (an abbreviation for the Latin signa, imperative of signare to sign or mark).
  • (v. t.) To mark with, or as with, a signature or signatures.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Voters would have to collect the signatures of 10% of constituents to force a byelection.
  • (2) The end result of the post is a digital signature, signed by Nakamoto’s private key.
  • (3) Based on documents leaked by whistleblower Edward Snowden, the New York Times and ProPublica reported on Thursday that the Justice Department in 2012 permitted the NSA to use widespread surveillance authorities passed by Congress to stop terrorism and foreign espionage in order to find digital signatures associated with high-level cyber intrusions.
  • (4) A heavy smoker – “I once quit for four months … but why should I torture myself at my age?” – and outspoken supporter of gay marriage, the divorced and recently remarried father of two collected more than 4,000 signatures from Austrian public figures and celebrities during his presidential campaign.
  • (5) The applicant I had countersigned for had visited a GP surgery where she began talking to another patient who was there for a GP's signature on an application, for a fee of £20.
  • (6) Signing up Round-robin emails encouraging web users to sign e-petitions have attracted hundreds of thousands of signatures.
  • (7) This contract signature is not only great news for our armed forces, but demonstrates how the strong relationship between UK defence and our allies helps to ensure best value for the taxpayer.
  • (8) "It is rare to have such a prominent signature in a work of this date and it is one of only two of his series of paintings depicting windmills of Montmartre still in private hands."
  • (9) With 66,000 signatures on a petition after four days, immigration minister Peter Dutton cancelled Allen’s visa.
  • (10) But two key Liberal positions, on the Keystone XL and on emissions reductions targets, put Trudeau out of step with Obama, who has made climate change the signature issue of his second term in the White House.
  • (11) Le champ solaire d’une valeur de 23,7 millions de dollars était opérationnel à peine un an après la signature du contrat, n’en déplaise aux sceptiques qui remettaient en cause la capacité des Africains à mener à bien un projet rapidement.
  • (12) By the time she did so, it had attracted 213,000 signatures.
  • (13) The tech behemoth reported strong sales of its signature phone in its third-quarter financial report – fully 47.5m iPhones, up more than a third year-over-year, for a net revenue of $31.4bn.
  • (14) It was brought before parliament by a citizens’ initiative – a petition that has received at least 100,000 signatures – submitted by the hardline conservative advocacy group Ordo Iuris and the Stop Abortion coalition.
  • (15) The researchers identified three signatures of brain activity that corresponded to the different children's responses to the point-light displays.
  • (16) With a letter of no confidence already in circulation but only a small number of signatures so far, several MPs said on Monday that May was safe until summer – with colleagues desperate to get to the parliamentary recess and have a break.
  • (17) • The guitar, along with flamenco's signature cry of olé, are believed to be derived from early versions of the instruments brought by the Muslims to Spain.
  • (18) He was stunned and told me they were his signature.
  • (19) A government-ordered inquiry has questioned the benefits of Tony Abbott’s signature paid parental leave scheme and called for some of the funding to be diverted to early childhood education and care, saying it would have a greater impact on workforce participation.
  • (20) At such a juncture a writer can inject their own imagination to isolate them from the real world or maybe they can exaggerate the situation – making sure it is bold, vivid and has the signature of our real world.