"touchpad" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-uk-touchpad.ogg [UK] Forms: touchpads [plural]
Etymology: touch + pad Etymology templates: {{compound|en|touch|pad}} touch + pad Head templates: {{en-noun}} touchpad (plural touchpads)
  1. (computing) A flat surface which is sensitive to touch, used mostly in laptop computers to control an on-screen cursor. Categories (topical): Computing Synonyms: trackpad, mousepad Hypernyms: pad Related terms: computer, GUI, mouse, trackball Translations (flat surface which is sensitive to touch): 觸控板 (Chinese Cantonese), 触控板 (zuk¹ hung³ baan²) (Chinese Cantonese), 觸摸板 (Chinese Mandarin), 触摸板 (chùmōbǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), 觸控板 (Chinese Mandarin), 触控板 (chùkòngbǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), tuŝplato (Esperanto), kosketuslevy (Finnish), pavé tactile [masculine] (French), touchpad [masculine] (French), Touchpad [neuter] (German), Tastfeld [neuter] (German), tapipad (Hungarian), érintőpad (Hungarian), érintőtábla (Hungarian), bantalan sentuh (Indonesian), タッチパッド (tatchipaddo) (Japanese), 터치패드 (teochipaedeu) (Korean), по́длога за до́пир (pódloga za dópir) [feminine] (Macedonian), та́чпад (táčpad) [masculine] (Macedonian), natte ès touches [feminine] (Norman), touchpad [masculine] (Polish), touchpad [masculine] (Portuguese), painel tátil [masculine] (Portuguese), тачпа́д (tačpád) [masculine] (Russian), се́нсорная пане́ль (sɛ́nsornaja panɛ́lʹ) [feminine] (Russian), panel táctil [masculine] (Spanish), touchpad [masculine] (Spanish), styrplatta [common-gender] (Swedish), dokunut (Turkish)

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