unroll

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To straighten something that has been rolled, twisted or curled.
  2. To emerge, be revealed or become apparent; to unfold.
  3. To replace (a loop in a program) with a repetitive sequence of the individual instructions that the loop would carry out, sometimes used as an optimization.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

unroll unrolls unrolling unrolled

Etymology

From un- + roll.

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