touch system

  • 1touch system — ☆ touch system n. a method of typing without looking at the keyboard, by regularly touching a given key with a specific finger …

    English World dictionary

  • 2touch system — noun typewriting in which the fingers are trained to hit particular keys; typist can read and type at the same time • Syn: ↑touch typing • Hypernyms: ↑typing, ↑typewriting * * * noun : a method of typewriting that assigns a particular finger to… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 3touch system — touch′ sys tem n. a system of typing in which each finger is assigned to particular keys, thereby enabling a person to type without looking at the keyboard • Etymology: 1915–20 …

    From formal English to slang

  • 4touch system — a system of typing in which each finger is assigned to one or more keys, thereby enabling a person to type without looking at the keyboard. Cf. hunt and peck. [1915 20] * * * …

    Universalium

  • 5touch system — n. typing system where each finger is designated to a particular key or keys on a keyboard enabling a typist to type without looking at the keyboard …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 6touch system — noun Date: 1918 a method of typing that assigns a particular finger to each key and makes it possible to type without looking at the keyboard …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 7touch-type — ☆ touch type [tuch′tīp΄ ] vi. touch typed, touch typing to type by means of the touch system touch typist n …

    English World dictionary

  • 8touch-type — touch typist, n. /tuch tuyp /, v.i., touch typed, touch typing. to type by means of the touch system. [1940 45, Amer.] * * * …

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  • 9touch-type — touch′ type v. i. typed, typ•ing cvb to type by means of the touch system • Etymology: 1940–45, amer. touch′ typ′ist, n …

    From formal English to slang

  • 10system — n. group of items serving a common purpose 1) an air conditioning; amplifying; brake; data processing; filing; guidance; heating; highway (AE), motorway (BE), road; intercommunication; life support; number; public address; railroad (AE), railway… …

    Combinatory dictionary