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1. mouse
   (hardware, graphics) The most commonly used computer pointing device, first introduced by Douglas Engelbart in 1968. The mouse is a device used to manipulate an on-screen pointer that's normally shaped like an arrow. With the mouse in hand, the computer user can select, move, and change items on th...
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2. Mouse
   Mouse is London Cockney slang for a dark-coloured swelling caused by a blow; a black eye.
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3. Mouse
   Mouse is London Cockney slang for a dark-coloured swelling caused by a blow; a black eye.
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4. Mouse
   An input device designed to increase the hand-eye coordination of the user. Also, the required subject of 40 to 50% of User Friendly documentation.
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5. mouse
   [n] - a hand-operated electronic device that controls the coordinates of a cursor on your computer screen as you move it around on a pad 2. [n] - any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usuall...
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6. mouse
   An input device that controls an on-screen pointer.
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7. Mouse
   The device that controls the on-screen pointer, invented by Apple in 1984. The Amiga uses the 2 and 3 button models plugged into a special Mouse port at the back of the machine. PC mice can be used with special interfaces or software drivers.
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8. Mouse
   A device created by Xerox and copied by Apple for their Lisa system. The mouse is represented on screen by a small pointer.
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9. Mouse
   A handheld pointing device using either mechanical motion or special optical techniques to convert the movement of the user's hand into movements of the cursor on the screen - technically known as the GUI, the Graphical User Interface. Generally fitted with one, two or three buttons and used on a mouse pad.
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10. mouse
    a hand held locator operated by moving it on a surface Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers) • a bank of pressure-measuring tubes used to measure pressures in a flow,especially the total pressures,simultaneously at different places near a solid surface Category: Standards, measures and testing
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11. Mouse
    Mouse (mous) noun ; plural Mice (mīs). [ Middle English mous , mus , Anglo-Saxon mūs , plural mȳs ; akin to Dutch muis , German maus , Old High German & Icelandic m
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12. Mouse
    Mouse intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Moused ; present participle & verbal noun Mousing .] 1. To watch for and catch mice. 2. To watch for or pursue anythi...
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13. Mouse
    Mouse transitive verb 1. To tear, as a cat devours a mouse. [ Obsolete] '[ Death] mousing the flesh of men.' Shak. 2. (Nautical) To furnish with a mouse; to secure by means of a mousing. See Mouse , noun , 2.
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14. mouse
    Origin: OE. Mous, mus, AS. Mus, pl. M<ymac/s; akin to D. Muis, G. Maus, OHG. & Icel. Mus, Dan. Muus, Sw. Mus, Russ. Muishe, L. Mus, Gr. My^s, Skr. Mush mouse, mush to steal. 277. Cf. Muscle, Musk. ... 1. <zoology> Any one of numerous species of small rodents belonging to the genus Mus a...
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15. mouse
    computer mouse noun a hand-operated electronic device that controls the coordinates of a cursor on your computer screen as you move it around on a pad; on the bottom of the device is a ball that ro...
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16. mouse
    noun any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails
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17. mouse
    noun person who is quiet or timid
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18. mouse
    (mous) a small rodent, various species of which are used in laboratory experiments. a small loose body. a computer pointing device.
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19. Mouse
    • (n.) Same as 2d Mousing, 2. • (n.) A knob made on a rope with spun yarn or parceling to prevent a running eye from slipping. • (v. t.) To tear, as a cat devours a mouse. • (n.) Any one of numerous species of small rodents belonging to the genus Mus and various related genera of...
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20. mouse
    (from the article `computer`) Mechanical mice and trackballs operate alike, using a rubber or rubber-coated ball that turns two shafts connected to a pair of encoders that measure ... American inventor whose work beginning in the 1950s led to his patent for the computer mouse, the development of the basic graphical user interface, ... ...
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21. mouse
    the common name generally but imprecisely applied to rodents found throughout the world with bodies less than about 12 cm (5 inches) long. In a ... [15 related articles]
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22. Mouse
    A swelling on the face, forehead or head.
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23. mouse
    mouse, name applied to numerous species of small rodents, often having soft gray or brown fur, long hairless tails, and large ears. The chief distinction between these animals and the variety of rodents called rats is in size: mice are usually smaller. Many small rodents are adapted for leaping or h...
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24. Mouse
    Mouse is a general term applied to small rodents, particularly those of the Muridae family, though the true mice are members of the genus Mus. Rats and mice are similar in possessing long scaly tails, long tears, a pointed and naked muzzle, and three longitudinal rows of tubercles on the molar teeth of the upper jaw.
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25. mouse
    Type: Term Pronunciation: mows Definitions: 1. A small rodent belonging to the genus Mus.
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