"single-click" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: single-clicks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} single-click (plural single-clicks)
  1. (computing) The action of pushing the button on a mouse once in order to perform a different task that would be performed from a double-click or triple-click. Categories (topical): Computing Translations (action or event of pushing mouse-button once): 單擊 (Chinese Mandarin), 单击 (dānjī) (Chinese Mandarin), seul-clic [masculine] (French), Einzelklick [masculine] (German), シングルクリック (shingurukurikku) (Japanese), одина́рный щелчо́к (odinárnyj ščelčók) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-single-click-en-noun-N~EfxDrf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Verb

Forms: single-clicks [present, singular, third-person], single-clicking [participle, present], single-clicked [participle, past], single-clicked [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} single-click (third-person singular simple present single-clicks, present participle single-clicking, simple past and past participle single-clicked)
  1. (computing) To push the button on a mouse once in order to perform different task that would be performed from a double-click or triple-click. Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-single-click-en-verb-ny6wV1Bl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for single-click meaning in English (3.6kB)

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