"trackpad" meaning in English

See trackpad in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: trackpads [plural]
Etymology: from track + pad, coined by Apple Inc. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|track|pad}} track + pad Head templates: {{en-noun}} trackpad (plural trackpads)
  1. touchpad Wikipedia link: Apple Inc. Categories (topical): Apple Inc. Hypernyms: pad Related terms: optical trackpad, trackball, trackpoint
    Sense id: en-trackpad-en-noun-2rzlDk4T Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2023, Eleanor Catton, Birnam Wood, page 217:",
          "text": "He clicked the trackpad, and his computer made a whooshing noise.",
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        },
        {
          "word": "trackball"
        },
        {
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        }
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