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Definition of "touchpad" []

  • A pointing device consisting of a soft pad sensitized to finger movement or pressure and used especially on laptop computers as an alternative to a mouse. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "touchpad" in a sentence
  • "Because the touchpad is physically connected to the laptop whilst the mouse isn't ..."
  • "If your touchpad is Synaptics based you can install their new beta software, Scrybe."
  • "It took a month for someone to look at it just to tell me that my touchpad is shot and a new one needs to be ordered from Calgary."
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