cursor

Meaning of cursor

noun
  1. a movable indicator on a computer screen identifying the point that will be affected by input from the user.
  2. the transparent slide engraved with a hairline that is part of a slide rule and is used for marking a point on the rule while bringing a point on the central sliding portion up to it.

Middle English (denoting a runner or running messenger): from Latin, ‘runner’, from curs- (see cursive). cursor (sense 2 of the noun) dates from the late 16th century.

Information about cursor

Hyphenation of cursor

cur-sor

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • cursor is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

cursor synonyms

Meaning pointer:

pointer

Translation of cursor

Anagrams of cursor

cruors

Words that rhyme with cursor

aspersor, inversor, versor, endorsor, indorsor, precursor

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