pullback

Plural: pullbacks

Noun

• A withdrawal or retreat; a restraining force or drawback.
• a device (as a decorative loop of cord or fabric) for holding or drawing something back
  • "the draperies were drawn to the sides by pullbacks"
• (military) the act of pulling back (especially an orderly withdrawal of troops)
  • "the pullback is expected to be over 25,000 troops"
• The act or result of pulling back; a withdrawal.
• The act of drawing a camera back to broaden the visible scene.
• Something that holds back; a drawback; a hindrance.
• A reduction in the price of a financial instrument after reaching a peak
• An attacking pass from the wing into a position further from the attacking goal line.
• A device for making a woman's gown hang close and straight in front.
• 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.
• The limit of a cospan: a Cartesian square or “pullback square”.
• 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.)
• A certain move in tap dance.

Examples

• A strategic pullback in Words With Friends can sometimes set up a winning offensive.

Synonyms

tieback, Cartesian square, fiber product, fibre product, pullback square

Related Words

pushforward, pushout