joystick
or joy stick
Informal. the control stick of an airplane, tank, or other vehicle.
Computers. a lever resembling this, used to control movement of a cursor or other graphic element for video games and computer graphics.: Compare mouse (def. 4), stylus (def. 3).
any leverlike switch for controlling, manipulating, guiding, or the like.
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How to use joystick in a sentence
Picking "classic" will let players focus entirely on selecting commands from menus, instead of giving direct joystick control to a "lead" character like Cloud or Tifa.
Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade leads latest PlayStation game-reveal event | Sam Machkovech | February 25, 2021 | Ars TechnicaThe animals need to understand the link between moving around a joystick and what’s happening on a computer screen, and then link what’s happening on the screen to getting a reward.
Pigs can play video games. Here’s why that matters. | By Rebecca E. Nordquist/The Conversation | February 16, 2021 | Popular-ScienceIn a new study, researchers from Purdue University in Indiana, US have shown that pigs can use a digital screen and joystick, operated by their snout, to move a cursor around for rewards.
Pigs can play video games. Here’s why that matters. | By Rebecca E. Nordquist/The Conversation | February 16, 2021 | Popular-ScienceAlcántar followed a few paces back, holding an iPad with touch-screen controls like a joystick’s.
How technology might finally start telling farmers things they didn’t already know | Katie McLean | December 18, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewThe accompanying software lets you customize the responsiveness of things like triggers and joysticks, and map button combos and commands to whatever buttons you wish.
The Perfect Last-Minute Gifts for the Gamers in Your Life | Patrick Lucas Austin | December 11, 2020 | Time
All it takes is a look beyond the joystick, and local software shop, to get a glimpse at its shining promise.
His hand had been jerking the joystick to plus one all this time and now he became consciously aware of this.
Makers | Cory DoctorowFor the daring and brilliant youth who held the joystick was a master-pilot, who understood every whim and fancy of his machine.
Dastral of the Flying Corps | Rowland WalkerThe pilot pushes the joystick slowly forward and prepares to land.
Cavalry of the Clouds | Alan BottProbably he was shot dead and fell over on to the joystick, which put the machine to its last dive.
Cavalry of the Clouds | Alan BottSome one else has produced the latest thing in connections between the pilot's joystick and the Vickers gun.
Cavalry of the Clouds | Alan Bott
British Dictionary definitions for joystick
/ (ˈdʒɔɪˌstɪk) /
informal the control stick of an aircraft or of any of various machines
computing a lever by means of which the display on a screen may be controlled used esp for games, flight simulators, etc
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