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touch-typing

touch-typing noun: a technique of using the keyboard of a computer or typewriter in which the typist operates the keys without needing to look at the keyboard, knowing by heart the keys being allocated to each finger and the space bar to the thumb.

Noun

touch-typing (uncountable)

  1. A technique of using the keyboard of a computer or typewriter in which the typist operates the keys without needing to look at the keyboard, knowing by heart the keys being allocated to each finger and the space bar to the thumb.

Antonyms of touch-typing

Questions about touch-typing

What does touch-typing mean?
Touch-typing means a technique of using the keyboard of a computer or typewriter in which the typist operates the keys without needing to look at the keyboard, knowing by heart the keys being allocated to each finger and the space bar to the thumb.
What part of speech is touch-typing?
Touch-typing is a noun.

Words near touch-typing in the dictionary

  1. touch-tone dialling
  2. touch-tones
  3. touch-type
  4. touch-typed
  5. touch-types
  6. touch-typing
  7. touch-typist
  8. touch-typists
  9. touch-up
  10. touch-ups
  11. toucha

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