shift key

shift key

n.

1. A key on a typewriter that, when depressed, allows uppercase letters and certain symbols to be typed.

2. A key on a computer keyboard that, when depressed, allows uppercase letters and certain special characters to be typed or changes the function of another concurrently depressed key or button.

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shift key

n

(Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a key on a typewriter or computer keyboard used to type capital letters and certain numbers and symbols

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shift′ key`

n.

a key on a typewriter or computer that is pressed to enter capital letters and other symbols and on a computer, to control certain other functions.

[1900–05]

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

shift key - the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters shift key - a lever (as in a keyboard) that actuates a mechanism when depressed typewriter keyboard - a keyboard for manually entering characters to be printed

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Translations

shift key

n (on typewriter) → Umschalttaste f; (Comput) → Shifttaste f

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shift key

n (on typewriter) → tasto delle maiuscole

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