"keystroke" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "key + stroke",
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      "form": "keystrokes",
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        "The act of pressing an input key; a keypress on a computer keyboard or a typewriter, or a similar input device."
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          "press",
          "press"
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          "input",
          "input"
        ],
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          "key",
          "key"
        ],
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          "keypress",
          "keypress"
        ],
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          "keyboard",
          "keyboard"
        ],
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          "typewriter",
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        ],
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          "input device",
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        ]
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      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "natiskane na klaviš",
          "sense": "act of pressing a key",
          "word": "натискане на клавиш"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "act of pressing a key",
          "word": "按鍵"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "ànjiàn",
          "sense": "act of pressing a key",
          "word": "按键"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "act of pressing a key",
          "word": "painallus"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "act of pressing a key",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "frappe d’une touche"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "act of pressing a key",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Tastendruck"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "act of pressing a key",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "battuta"
        },
        {
          "alt": "だけん",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "daken",
          "sense": "act of pressing a key",
          "word": "打鍵"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kīsutorōku",
          "sense": "act of pressing a key",
          "word": "キーストローク"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "act of pressing a key",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "tastetrykk"
        },
        {
          "alt": "nažátije kláviš(i)",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "sense": "act of pressing a key",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "нажа́тие кла́виш(и)"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "act of pressing a key",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "tangenttryckning"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "keystroke"
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  "etymology_text": "key + stroke",
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    {
      "form": "keystrokes",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "keystroking",
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    {
      "form": "keystroked",
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        "past"
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      "form": "keystroked",
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "natiskane na klaviš",
      "sense": "act of pressing a key",
      "word": "натискане на клавиш"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "act of pressing a key",
      "word": "按鍵"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "ànjiàn",
      "sense": "act of pressing a key",
      "word": "按键"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "act of pressing a key",
      "word": "painallus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "act of pressing a key",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "frappe d’une touche"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "act of pressing a key",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Tastendruck"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "act of pressing a key",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "battuta"
    },
    {
      "alt": "だけん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "daken",
      "sense": "act of pressing a key",
      "word": "打鍵"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kīsutorōku",
      "sense": "act of pressing a key",
      "word": "キーストローク"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "act of pressing a key",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "tastetrykk"
    },
    {
      "alt": "nažátije kláviš(i)",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "sense": "act of pressing a key",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "нажа́тие кла́виш(и)"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "act of pressing a key",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "tangenttryckning"
    }
  ],
  "word": "keystroke"
}

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  "etymology_text": "key + stroke",
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  "lang": "English",
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  "pos": "verb",
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        "To enter (data etc.) by pressing keys on a keyboard."
      ],
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