pointer
29
4.2
- noun
- /ˈpɔɪntər/
- Specialized
:
puntero
- Miss Julia stood by with her pointer, tapping the selected letter.
- mouse pointer
- move the pointer
- pointer is pointing
You know, you use your your watch or your glasses as a as a mouse pointer on reality.
- You know, you use your your watch or your glasses as a as a mouse pointer on reality.
- And that leads into some interesting issues like not knowing how the user pointer correctly.
Examples
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Now as I do this with the pointer, you can see the line, right?
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I'll begin by moving the pointer to L, for Leonard.
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You bought me a laser pointer.
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To accomplish this, they moved the mouse pointer onto the box and clicked.
Academic text (1997) -
I start with an "image adjust threshold" command and move the pointer to the white part of the histogram.
Academic text (2006) -
It's a laser pointer.
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Taiesha asks, dragging her pointer finger quickly across her palm.
Fiction book (1995) -
Where's my laser pointer?
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You can use the pointer on your screen to click on the items you want.
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As I moved the pointer, the icon highlighted the selected file.
Synonyms
85
1.4
A mark like a straight line with a point that shows direction
16
3.0
A movable mark on a computer screen that shows where you will type or click
Compounds
How Precise
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Pointer in computing keeps the same idea from point, which is 'to show a direction'; the mouse or cursor is a mark that 'points' to items on the screen so you can click or select them.