Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fitts's law

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fitts's law
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

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A predictive model of human movement primarily used in human-computer interaction and ergonomics, stating that the time required to move rapidly to a target area (for example, using a computer mouse) is a function of the ratio between the distance to the target and the width of the target.

Etymology

Initially developed by Paul Fitts.

Inflected Forms

Fitts' law (alternative)

Questions

What does fitts's law mean?: A predictive model of human movement primarily used in human-computer interaction and ergonomics, stating that the time required to move rapidly to a target area (for example, using a computer mouse) is a function of the ratio between the distance to the target and the width of the target.
Where does fitts's law come from?: Initially developed by Paul Fitts.

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