Word: pullback
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: pull
back
Definition: 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.
Morphemes:
Affix: pull
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Any device meant to be pulled, as a lever, knob, handle, or rope
Affix: back
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The edge of a book which is bound.