foldback (English, noun)
expansion: foldback (countable and uncountable, plural foldbacks)
Senses:
glosses: An overturned flap.
tags: countable
uncountable
glosses: A current-limiting feature in power supplies and amplifiers.
tags: countable
uncountable
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The use of rear-facing heavy-duty loudspeakers on stage during live music performances, to improve sound for the audience or to allow performers to hear and monitor themselves.
tags: countable
uncountable
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A denatured (single-strand) DNA molecule that has formed base pair bonds with itself.
tags: countable
uncountable
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A chromosome that contains sequences which support foldback; A DNA molecule with a base sequence or sequences that are repeated in reverse order.
tags: countable
uncountable
qualifier: roleplaying games
glosses: A portion of a storyline that branches based on user choices but where all branches eventually reconverge to a single inevitable event.
tags: countable
uncountable
topics: human-sciences
sciences
social-science
social-sciences
glosses: A multimethod research approach that includes open-ended interviewing, nominal group dialogue, survey and attitude scaling techniques, and multidimensional and cluster analyses.
tags: countable
uncountable
Forms:
form: foldbacks
tags: plural