foldback

Meanings

1. An overturned flap.
2. A current-limiting feature in power supplies and amplifiers.
3. 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.
4. A denatured (single-strand) DNA molecule that has formed base pair bonds with itself.
5. A chromosome that contains sequences which support foldback; A DNA molecule with a base sequence or sequences that are repeated in reverse order.
6. A portion of a storyline that branches based on user choices but where all branches eventually reconverge to a single inevitable event.
7. A multimethod research approach that includes open-ended interviewing, nominal group dialogue, survey and attitude scaling techniques, and multidimensional and cluster analyses.

Etymology

From fold + back.