keypunch
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.27 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A mechanical device whose keys are pressed, individually or in combination, to punch holes in punched cards or paper tape that correspond to particular characters.
Example Sentences
- "In an admirable combination of the skills of the scientist and the sensitivity of the artist, he mapped hundreds of thousands of images through a keypunch data-processing system and then tried to understand the meanings of the patterns that emerged independent of his own classifications."