Pullback
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Pullback is a noun meaning The act or result of pulling back; a withdrawal.
Meaning
The act or result of pulling back; a withdrawal.
More Meanings
- (film) The act of drawing a camera back to broaden the visible scene.
- (finance) A reduction in the price of a financial instrument after reaching a peak
- (sports) An attacking pass from the wing into a position further from the attacking goal line.
- (category theory) The limit of a cospan: a Cartesian square or “pullback square”.
- (differential geometry) 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.
- (dated or archaic) Something that holds back; a drawback; a hindrance.
- (historical) A device for making a woman's gown hang close and straight in front.
Example Sentences
Your disorders are a pull-back for your good qualities.
The Reds carved the first opening of the second period as Glen Johnson's pull-back found David Ngog but the Frenchman hooked wide from six yards.
Word Forms
- pullbacks
- pull-back
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include retreat, withdraw, withdrawing, pullout, withdrawal, quit.
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