"trackball" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-uk-trackball.ogg Forms: trackballs [plural]
Etymology: From track + ball. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|track|ball}} track + ball Head templates: {{en-noun}} trackball (plural trackballs)
  1. (computing) A pointing device consisting of a ball housed in a socket Wikipedia link: trackball Categories (topical): Computing Translations (computing device): 軌跡球 (Chinese Mandarin), 轨迹球 (guǐjīqiú) (Chinese Mandarin), kulový ovladač [masculine] (Czech), trackball (Finnish), ohjainpallo (Finnish), trackball [masculine] (French), Trackball [masculine] (German), ιχνόσφαιρα (ichnósfaira) [feminine] (Greek), トラックボール (torakkubōru) (Japanese), 트랙볼 (teuraekbol) (Korean), трекбо́л (trɛkból) [masculine] (Russian), шарово́й указа́тель (šarovój ukazátelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), шарово́й манипуля́тор (šarovój manipuljátor) [masculine] (Russian), trackball [common-gender] (Swedish), styrkula [common-gender] (Swedish)

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