"keyboard distance" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: keyboard distances [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} keyboard distance (plural keyboard distances)
  1. The shortest path between two keys in a keyboard layout in terms of the number of intermediate keys.
    Sense id: en-keyboard_distance-en-noun--36lsG5X Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 84 16
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see keyboard, distance.
    Sense id: en-keyboard_distance-en-noun-3WZdToD1

Inflected forms

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