joystick
noun
the control stick of an airplane, tank, or other vehicle.
joy stick
-
a variation of
joystick.
Example Sentences
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Surveillance robots are equipped, as would be expected, with cameras, he said, while bomb disposal robots generally have a sophisticated arm that can be operated remotely by something akin to a joy stick.
From Time ● Jul. 8, 2016
Teal holds on to the hope that some day he will be able to have enough movement in his arms to operate his chair's joy stick and feed himself.
From Seattle Times ● May 29, 2011
Best of all, the chair is guided by an inexpensive, remote-control joy stick.
From Time Magazine Archive
The chief control on an airplane is the "joy stick," regulating the ailerons on the wings and the elevator on the tail.
From Time Magazine Archive
A "joy stick" is a contrivance on an aeroplane by the manipulation of which the plane is held on a level keel.
From Air Service Boys Over The Rhine Fighting Above The Clouds by Charles Amory Beach
