key·stroke

(kē′strōk′)

A stroke of a key, as on a computer keyboard.

key′stroke′ v.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

keystroke

(ˈkiːˌstrəʊk)

(Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a single operation of the mechanism of a typewriter or keyboard-operated typesetting machine by the action of a key

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

key•stroke

(ˈkiˌstroʊk)

n.

one stroke of any key on a machine operated by a keyboard, as a typewriter or computer terminal.

[1905–10]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

keystroke - the stroke of a key; one depression of a key on a keyboard; "the number of keystrokes was used as a measure of work"

key stroke

stroke - a single complete movement

Translations

keystroke

[ˈkiːstrəʊk] N → pulsación f (de la tecla)

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

keystroke

[ˈkiːstrəʊk] n → caractère m saisi
the number of keystrokes → le nombre de caractères entrés or saisis

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

keystroke

[ˈkiːˌstrəʊk] n (on keyboard) → battuta

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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