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click wheel

click wheel noun: the combination button/scroll wheel selection device of some iPods.

Noun

click wheel (plural click wheels)

  1. The combination button/scroll wheel selection device of some iPods.
    • If you have a new fourth-generation Click Wheel iPod, you can even make multiple On-The-Go Playlists.2004, Aya Brokering-Iwata (tr.), Yasukuni Notomi (author), iPod Fan Book: go everywhere with iPod, O'Reilly, →ISBN, page 42
    • 4G—Fourth-generation iPod. Dock connector on the bottom. Integrated “click wheel” interface with the four control buttons embedded under the directional points of the touch-sensitive navigation wheel. 20GB or 40GB capacity.2005, Brian Tiemann, iPod + iTunes for Windows and Mac in a Snap, Sams Publishing, →ISBN, page 6

Forms of click wheel

pluralclick wheels

Origin of click wheel

From click + wheel.

Questions about click wheel

What does click wheel mean?
Click wheel means the combination button/scroll wheel selection device of some iPods.
What part of speech is click wheel?
Click wheel is a noun.
What is the plural of click wheel?
The plural of click wheel is click wheels.

Words near click wheel in the dictionary

  1. click reaction
  2. click reactions
  3. click through
  4. click track
  5. click tracks
  6. click wheel
  7. click wheels
  8. click-bait
  9. click-baitier
  10. click-baitiest
  11. click-baity

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