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"Finnish", "sense": "typewriter key", "word": "askelpalautin" }, { "_dis1": "66 32 2", "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "typewriter key", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "retour arrière" }, { "_dis1": "66 32 2", "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "typewriter key", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "Backspace" }, { "_dis1": "66 32 2", "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "typewriter key", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "Rücktaste" }, { "_dis1": "66 32 2", "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "typewriter key", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "Rücksetztaste" }, { "_dis1": "66 32 2", "code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "typewriter key", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "tastă backspace" }, { "_dis1": "66 32 2", "code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "typewriter key", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "backspace" }, { "_dis1": "66 32 2", "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "typewriter key", "word": "retroceso" }, { "_dis1": "66 32 2", "code": "sv", "lang": 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"computer key", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "Backspace" }, { "_dis1": "39 57 3", "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "computer key", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "Rücktaste" }, { "_dis1": "39 57 3", "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "computer key", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "Rücksetztaste" }, { "_dis1": "39 57 3", "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "computer key", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "backspace" }, { "_dis1": "39 57 3", "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "computer key", "word": "retrocesso" }, { "_dis1": "39 57 3", "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "computer key", "word": "(tecla de) retroceder" }, { "_dis1": "39 57 3", "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "computer key", "word": "(tecla de) recuo" }, { "_dis1": "39 57 3", "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "computer key", "word": "(tecla de) apagar" }, { "_dis1": "39 57 3", "code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "computer key", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "tastă backspace" }, { "_dis1": "39 57 3", "code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "computer key", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "backspace" }, { "_dis1": "39 57 3", "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "computer key", "word": "retroceso" }, { "_dis1": "39 57 3", "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "computer key", "word": "(tecla de) borrar" }, { "_dis1": "39 57 3", "code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "computer key", "word": "geri tuşu" }, { "_dis1": "39 57 3", "code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "computer key", "word": "silme tuşu" }, { "_dis1": "39 57 3", "code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "computer key", "word": "phím xóa lùi" }, { "_dis1": "39 57 3", "code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "computer key", "word": "phím lùi" } ] }, { "categories": [ { "kind": "topical", "langcode": "en", "name": "Computing", "orig": "en:Computing", "parents": [ "Technology", "All topics", "Fundamental" ], "source": "w" } ], "glosses": [ 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"sense": "remove a character", "word": "hopa" } ] }, { "categories": [ { "kind": "topical", "langcode": "en", "name": "Computing", "orig": "en:Computing", "parents": [ "Technology", "All topics", "Fundamental" ], "source": "w" }, { "_dis": "6 17 20 17 40", "kind": "other", "name": "English entries with incorrect language header", "parents": [ "Entries with incorrect language header", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w+disamb" } ], "glosses": [ "To move a magnetic tape to a previous block." ], "id": "en-backspace-en-verb-1bJjrS5Y", "links": [ [ "computing", "computing#Noun" ], [ "magnetic", "magnetic" ], [ "tape", "tape" ], [ "previous", "previous" ], [ "block", "block" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(computing) To move a magnetic tape to a previous block." ], "topics": [ "computing", "engineering", "mathematics", "natural-sciences", "physical-sciences", "sciences" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/ˈbækˌspeɪs/" } ], "word": "backspace" } { "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "pt", "2": "en", "3": "backspace" }, "expansion": "Unadapted borrowing from English backspace", "name": "ubor" } ], "etymology_text": "Unadapted borrowing from English backspace.", "forms": [ { "form": "backspaces", "tags": [ "plural" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "m" }, "expansion": "backspace m (plural backspaces)", "name": "pt-noun" } ], "lang": "Portuguese", "lang_code": "pt", "pos": "noun", "senses": [ { "categories": [ { "kind": "other", "name": "Portuguese entries with incorrect language header", "parents": [ "Entries with incorrect language header", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w" } ], "glosses": [ "backspace (computer key)" ], "id": "en-backspace-pt-noun-ljT213N2", "links": [ [ "backspace", "backspace#English" ] ], "tags": [ "masculine" ] } ], "word": "backspace" }
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