cursor
A part of any of several scientific or measuring instruments that moves back and forth…A part of any of several scientific or measuring instruments that moves back and forth to indicate a position.
» Tom moved his cursor.
Tom bewegte den Mauszeiger.
Том переместил курсор.
Том подвигал курсор.
Meaning
5 sensesA part of any of several scientific or measuring instruments that moves back and forth to indicate a position.
Cursor, Läufer
курсо́рkursór, стре́лкаstrélka, указа́тельukazátelʹ
A moving icon or other representation of the position of the pointing device.
Mauszeiger
курсо́рkursór, курсо́рkursór
курсо́рkursór
An indicator, often a blinking line or bar, indicating where the next insertion or other edit will take place.
Schreibmarke
курсо́рkursór, каре́ткаkarétka
курсо́рkursór
A reference to a row of data in a table, which moves from row to row as data is retrieved by way of it.
курсо́рkursór
A design pattern in object oriented methodology in which a collection is iterated uniformly.
- (computer science) indicator consisting of a movable spot of light (an icon) on a visual display; moving it allows the user to point to commands or screen positions
Examples
15 sentencesTom moved his cursor.
ruТом переместил курсор. — Balamax
deTom bewegte den Mauszeiger. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Is the cursor on the screen?
ruКурсор на экране? — carlosalberto
deIst der Cursor auf dem Bildschirm? — carlosalberto
My mouse cursor has been slow lately.
deMein Mauszeiger ist in letzter Zeit langsam. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
My cat likes to chase the mouse cursor.
Help me find the cursor. I lost sight of it.
ruПомоги мне найти курсор. Я потерял его из виду. — ZegPhig
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Latin cursor (“runner”), from currō (“run”) + -or (agentive suffix). UltimatBorrowed from Latin cursor (“runner”), from currō (“run”) + -or (agentive suffix). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European.
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Forms
plural: cursorsSynonyms
3 synonyms- (computer science) indicator consisting of a movable spot of light (an icon) on a visual display; moving it allows the user to point to commands or screen positions:pointer