"d-pad" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "Shortened from directional pad.",
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        "A plus-shaped directional input pad on a video game controller that allows for eight degrees of movement, now largely superseded by the thumbstick."
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          "plus",
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          "thumbstick",
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        "(video games) A plus-shaped directional input pad on a video game controller that allows for eight degrees of movement, now largely superseded by the thumbstick."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "D-pad"
        },
        {
          "word": "control pad"
        },
        {
          "word": "directional pad"
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      ],
      "topics": [
        "video-games"
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          "code": "nl",
          "english": "chiefly Nintendo",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "input pad",
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            "feminine",
            "masculine"
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          "word": "vierpuntsdruktoets"
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "input pad",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "navigatie-pad (Microsoft)"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "input pad",
          "word": "Steuerkreuz"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "krestovína",
          "sense": "input pad",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "крестови́на"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "input pad",
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            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "styrkors"
        }
      ],
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        "d-pad"
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  "word": "d-pad"
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        "A plus-shaped directional input pad on a video game controller that allows for eight degrees of movement, now largely superseded by the thumbstick."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "video game",
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          "plus",
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        "(video games) A plus-shaped directional input pad on a video game controller that allows for eight degrees of movement, now largely superseded by the thumbstick."
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "D-pad"
    },
    {
      "word": "control pad"
    },
    {
      "word": "directional pad"
    }
  ],
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      "english": "chiefly Nintendo",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "input pad",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
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    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "input pad",
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      "word": "navigatie-pad (Microsoft)"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "input pad",
      "word": "Steuerkreuz"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "krestovína",
      "sense": "input pad",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "крестови́на"
    },
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      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "input pad",
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  ],
  "word": "d-pad"
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