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zombie finger

zombie finger noun: the failure of a capacitive touch screen to sense the user's fingertip, due to dry skin, calluses, cold weather, etc.

Noun

zombie finger (countable and uncountable, plural zombie fingers)

  1. (informal, uncountable) The failure of a capacitive touch screen to sense the user's fingertip, due to dry skin, calluses, cold weather, etc.
  2. (countable, informal) A finger that cannot be recognized by a touchscreen for these reasons.

Forms of zombie finger

pluralzombie fingers

Origin of zombie finger

From zombie + finger.

Questions about zombie finger

What does zombie finger mean?
Zombie finger means the failure of a capacitive touch screen to sense the user's fingertip, due to dry skin, calluses, cold weather, etc.
What part of speech is zombie finger?
Zombie finger is a noun.
What is the plural of zombie finger?
The plural of zombie finger is zombie fingers.

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