Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

optical mouse

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.87 in modern English

Syllables: op-ti-cal -mouse
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A mouse (pointing device) that uses a light source and a light detector (for example, an LED and an array of photodiodes) to detect movement, as opposed to the earlier mechanical mouse.

Inflected Forms

optical mice (plural)

Questions

What does optical mouse mean?: A mouse (pointing device) that uses a light source and a light detector (for example, an LED and an array of photodiodes) to detect movement, as opposed to the earlier mechanical mouse.

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