"triple-click" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: triple-clicks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} triple-click (plural triple-clicks)
  1. (computing) The action of pushing the button on a mouse three times in quick succession in order to perform a different task that would be performed from a single-click or double-click. Categories (topical): Computing Translations (pushing the button on a computer mouse three times in quick succession): Dreifachklick [masculine] (German)
    Sense id: en-triple-click-en-noun-3yTi78L8 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: triple-clicks [present, singular, third-person], triple-clicking [participle, present], triple-clicked [participle, past], triple-clicked [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} triple-click (third-person singular simple present triple-clicks, present participle triple-clicking, simple past and past participle triple-clicked)
  1. (computing) To push the button on a mouse three times in quick succession in order to perform different task that would be performed from a single-click or double-click. Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-triple-click-en-verb--S0nAGFr 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

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