[
US
/ˈtɹækˌbɔɫ/
]
NOUN
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an electronic device consisting of a rotatable ball in a housing; used to position the cursor and move images on a computer screen
a trackball is essentially an upside-down mouse
How To Use trackball In A Sentence
- While you're slaving over the code, cramping your thumb on your trackball, and squinting your eyes at the pixels, remember what it is you are doing this for, and never ever forget.
- Originally, this game was played with a trackball which seemed incredibly futuristic at the time.
- a trackball is essentially an upside-down mouse
- The trackball products are rare products now , a handful of manufacturer in Taiwan still making it.
- So he placed the mouse on a giant trackball and let it run through a virtual maze from the video game Quake 2 displayed on screens. Mouse Runs on Trackball Through Virtual Maze
- Instead of the built-in camera snapping pictures of the desktop, this time it's the trackball.
- The scroll control comes from a ball built into the upper surface of the mouse - a kind of modern answer to the trackballs of old.
- Optical mouses, while still a big improvement over older trackball models, often get confused on patterned surfaces and do not work well on metal or glossy tabletops.
- A trackball is stationary and the pointer can be moved using your thumb by rolling the ball which sits on the top.
- Other features tailored to the gaming community include the trackball interface, which not only supports trackballs and spinners, but also has three mouse buttons as well.