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optical mice

optical mice is the plural of optical mouse.

Meaning of optical mouse

Noun

optical mouse (plural optical mice)

  1. A mouse (pointing device) that uses a light source and a light detector (for example, an LED and an array of photodiodes) to detect movement, as opposed to the earlier mechanical mouse.

Questions about optical mice

What is optical mice the plural of?
Optical mice is the plural of optical mouse.

Words near optical mice in the dictionary

  1. optical lattice clock
  2. optical lattice clocks
  3. optical lattices
  4. optical levitation
  5. optical media
  6. optical mice
  7. optical microscope
  8. optical microscopes
  9. optical mouse
  10. optical power
  11. optical powers

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