aftertouch
aftertouch noun: pressure sensitivity on an electronic synthesizer, allowing the musician to change the tone or sound of a note after it is struck.
Noun
aftertouch (countable and uncountable, plural aftertouches)
- Pressure sensitivity on an electronic synthesizer, allowing the musician to change the tone or sound of a note after it is struck.
- A touch (feature or characteristic) added finally or as an afterthought.
- A feature in football/soccer games allowing the player to swerve the ball immediately after kicking it.
- KO2 ruins every other football game you'll ever play; I never got good at SWOS - the controls were all wrong. And the aftertouch was stupid. And the computer keepers were always hopeless on free kicks.1997, Mark Howson, “Kick Off 2: Best Amiga Game Of all time!”, in comp.sys.amiga.games (Usenet)
Forms of aftertouch
| plural | aftertouches |
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Origin of aftertouch
From after- + touch.
Questions about aftertouch
- What does aftertouch mean?
- Aftertouch means pressure sensitivity on an electronic synthesizer, allowing the musician to change the tone or sound of a note after it is struck.
- What part of speech is aftertouch?
- Aftertouch is a noun.
- What is the plural of aftertouch?
- The plural of aftertouch is aftertouches.
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