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Definition of Joystick
1. Noun. A lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an airplane.
2. Noun. A manual control consisting of a vertical handle that can move freely in two directions; used as an input device to computers or to devices controlled by computers.
Definition of Joystick
1. Noun. A mechanical device consisting of a handgrip mounted on a base or pedestal and typically having one or more buttons, used to control an aircraft, computer or other equipment. ¹
2. Noun. (slang) A penis. ¹
3. Verb. (rare) To manoeuvre by means of a joystick. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Joystick
1. the control stick in an airplane [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Joystick
Literary usage of Joystick
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Risk Assessment for Neurobehavioral Toxicity edited by Bernard Weiss, Jurg Elsner (1997)
"A further classification is in terms of the order: zero-order is when the response
device (eg, joystick) controls just the cursor direction; first-order is ..."
2. How Computers Work: Processor and Main Memory by Roger Young (2002)
"A joystick may control a game computer. Inside a typical joystick are keys ...
Those keys and the keys under the joystick's buttons are also like the input ..."
3. Fighting the Flying Circus by Eddie Rickenbacker (1919)
"Like a flash I seized the joystick and reversed my rudder. ... But although I
had been experimenting constantly with rudder, joystick and even with the ..."
4. Open Source Democracy: How Online Communication Is Changing Offline Politics by Douglas Rushkoff (2003)
"Thanks to the joystick, as well as the subsequent introduction of the VCR and
camcorder, we were empowered to move the pixels ourselves. ..."
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