"arrow key" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: arrow keys [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} arrow key (plural arrow keys)
  1. (computing) Any of a set of keyboard keys marked with directional arrows, used for navigation through documents and lists etc. Wikipedia link: en:arrow keys Categories (topical): Buttons, Computing Synonyms: cursor key Translations (key with directional arrow): 箭頭鍵 (Chinese Mandarin), 箭头键 (jiàntóujiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), piletast [common-gender] (Danish), sagoklavo (Esperanto), nuolinäppäin (Finnish), Pfeiltaste [feminine] (German), πλήκτρο βέλους (plíktro vélous) [neuter] (Greek), nyílbillentyű (Hungarian), tasto freccia [masculine] (Italian), 矢印キー (yajirushi kī) (Japanese), 方向キー (hōkō kī) (Japanese), tecla de seta [feminine] (Portuguese), tastă săgeată [feminine] (Romanian), стре́лка (strélka) [feminine] (Russian), piltangent [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "key with directional arrow",
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      "sense": "key with directional arrow",
      "word": "nyílbillentyű"
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      "sense": "key with directional arrow",
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      "word": "矢印キー"
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      "word": "tastă săgeată"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "key with directional arrow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "стре́лка"
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      "sense": "key with directional arrow",
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