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joystick

[ US /ˈdʒɔɪˌstɪk/ ]
[ UK /d‍ʒˈɔ‍ɪstɪk/ ]
NOUN
  1. a lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an airplane
  2. a manual control consisting of a vertical handle that can move freely in two directions; used as an input device to computers or to devices controlled by computers

How To Use joystick In A Sentence

  • New pop-up menus now allow access to systems such as aircon and seat heating and there's a new central control knob that works like a joystick. Motoring
  • The panel looked like an oversized video-game controller, complete with a joystick. MEN IN BLACK II©: THE MOVIE NOVEL
  • PC owners will want to either plug in a gamepad or a joystick, because trying to accurately fly using arrow keys will make you want to throw your monitor out of the window.
  • The embryologist guides the needle into the egg using joystick directed servomotors
  • Immersion's haptic technology first appeared in a PC joystick in 1996, and with Microsoft the company developed the DirectX force feedback API.
  • It was a tandem-seated airplane with a control wheel up front and a joystick in the back.
  • The joystick also controls playback: nudge it up for play/pause, down for stop.
  • As the first song played, I pressed different buttons on the joystick and keyboard and heard notes, chords, cadenzas, arpeggios, and even special effects typical of the piano.
  • While there is the ability to use a joystick, the keyboard is a better choice to let you pull some hot skate moves.
  • Everyone who has a computer has a keyboard, but not everyone has a joystick or gamepad.
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