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mouse wheel

mouse wheel noun: a hard plastic or rubbery disc on a computer mouse, rotated by the user in order to scroll the display.

Noun

mouse wheel (plural mouse wheels)

  1. A hard plastic or rubbery disc on a computer mouse, rotated by the user in order to scroll the display.
    • He was a mouse-wheel virtuoso, scrolling and zooming with ease.
    Synonyms:
    scroll wheel

Synonyms of mouse wheel

Forms of mouse wheel

pluralmouse wheels

Questions about mouse wheel

What does mouse wheel mean?
Mouse wheel means a hard plastic or rubbery disc on a computer mouse, rotated by the user in order to scroll the display.
What part of speech is mouse wheel?
Mouse wheel is a noun.
What is the plural of mouse wheel?
The plural of mouse wheel is mouse wheels.

Words near mouse wheel in the dictionary

  1. mouse slipping
  2. mouse slips
  3. mouse spider
  4. mouse spiders
  5. mouse stock
  6. mouse wheel
  7. mouse wheels
  8. mouse-colored
  9. mouse-colored antshrike
  10. mouse-colored antshrikes
  11. mouse-deer

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