cursor

[ kur-ser ]

/ ˈkɜr sər /

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Definition of cursor

noun

Digital Technology. a movable, sometimes blinking, marker that indicates the position on a display screen where the next character entered from the keyboard will appear, or where user action is possible.

a sliding object, as the lined glass on a slide rule, that can be set at any point on a scale.

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Origin of cursor

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English in the earlier sense “runner, courier,” from Latin: literally, “runner, runner in a race, messenger, footman,” equivalent to cur(rere) “to run” + -sor, variant of -tor; def. 2 was first recorded in 1590–1600 and def. 1 in 1965–70; see origin at course,-tor

Words nearby cursor

curse, cursed, curses, curse word, cursive, cursor, cursorial, cursory, curst, curt, curtail

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How to use cursor in a sentence

The more times the mouse sends this information, the smoother your cursor should move across the screen, whether you’re in the midst of intense game action or just moving around the menus.
Razer’s new gaming mouse pings your computer 8,000 times a second to fight lag|Stan Horaczek|January 29, 2021|Popular-Science
Click once to establish a starting point and navigate your cursor around the object you want to select.
How to make a legendary meme|John Kennedy|January 22, 2021|Popular-Science
Here, you’ll be able to change the cursor size, color, and thickness as required.
How to completely customize the way you control Windows|David Nield|January 15, 2021|Popular-Science
To see more information about each goal type and some of the highlighted features each goal recommends, simply place your cursor over a goal.
Google Ads moves campaign goal metric|Barry Schwartz|December 15, 2020|Search Engine Land

Researchers began placing probes in the brains of paralyzed people in the late 1990s in order to show that signals could let them move robot arms or computer cursors.
Elon Musk’s Neuralink is neuroscience theater|David Rotman|August 30, 2020|MIT Technology Review
Dora is seen getting dressed as a mermaid by a cursor being manned by some omniscient game player.
Sleazy Billionaire’s Double Life Featured Beach Parties With Stephen Hawking|M.L. Nestel|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Hover over an area with your cursor to see the distance between where you are and the nearest clinic.
Interactive: The Geography of Abortion Access|Michael Keller, Allison Yarrow|January 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST
There is nothing so humbling as staring at a blinking cursor on a screen entitled “Inaugural Address.”
What Obama Should Say on Monday|Paul Begala|January 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Do a video search and you instantly get a giant page of thumbnails—roll the cursor over one and it starts playing right there.
How Google Trained Your Brain|Douglas Rushkoff|June 3, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Users who find this behavior distracting may keep their mouse or cursor in text-free areas such a margin or scroll bar.
Samuel Richardson's Introduction to Pamela|Samuel Richardson
Hover the cursor over the underlined text and the nature of the correction will appear.
The Romance of the Reaper|Herbert Newton Casson
The light-spot cursor and joy-stick method replace the light pen in this case.
On-Line Data-Acquisition Systems in Nuclear Physics, 1969|H. W. Fulbright et al.
Hover the cursor over the marked text to view the original text.
The Borghesi Astronomical Clock in the Museum of History and Technology|Silvio A. Bedini
Hover the cursor over the underlined text, and the nature of the correction will appear.
Cottage Economy|William Cobbett

British Dictionary definitions for cursor

cursor

/ (ˈkɜːsə) /

noun

the sliding part of a measuring instrument, esp a transparent sliding square on a slide rule

any of various means, typically a flashing bar or underline, of identifying a particular position on a computer screen, such as the insertion point for text

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