Fitts's law
Fitts's law proper noun: a predictive model of human movement primarily used in human-computer interaction and ergonomics, stating that the time required to move rapidly to a target area (for example, using a computer mouse) is a function of the ratio between the distance to the target and the width of the target.
Proper noun
Fitts's law
- A predictive model of human movement primarily used in human-computer interaction and ergonomics, stating that the time required to move rapidly to a target area (for example, using a computer mouse) is a function of the ratio between the distance to the target and the width of the target.
Forms of Fitts's law
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Origin of Fitts's law
Initially developed by Paul Fitts.
Questions about Fitts's law
- What does Fitts's law mean?
- Fitts's law means a predictive model of human movement primarily used in human-computer interaction and ergonomics, stating that the time required to move rapidly to a target area (for example, using a computer mouse) is a function of the ratio between the distance to the target and the width of the target.
- What part of speech is Fitts's law?
- Fitts's law is a proper noun.
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