"hot corner" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hot corners [plural]
Etymology: Because many hard-hit balls are hit there Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} hot corner (countable and uncountable, plural hot corners)
  1. (baseball, countable, uncountable, usually with "the") Third base. Tags: countable, uncountable, usually, with-definite-article Categories (topical): Baseball
    Sense id: en-hot_corner-en-noun-4~hjM49- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 44 Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  2. (graphical user interface, countable) A corner of the screen configured to perform an action when the pointer is moved there. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Graphical user interface

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Jones plays the hot corner.",
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        "(graphical user interface, countable) A corner of the screen configured to perform an action when the pointer is moved there."
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