mouse wheel

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A hard plastic or rubbery disc on a computer mouse, rotated by the user in order to scroll the display.

Equivalents

Españolrueda del ratón

Françaismolette de souris

DeutschMausrad Scrollrad

7 more languages

Češtinaskrolovací kolečko

Suomihiiren rulla

Galegoroda do rato

日本語マウスホイール

한국어마우스 휠

Nederlandsmuiswieltje scrollwieltje

Portuguêsroda do mouse roda do rato

Examples

“He was a mouse-wheel virtuoso, scrolling and zooming with ease.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

mouse-colored antshrike mouse-deer mouse-ear mouse-ear hawkweed mouse-eared bat mouse-eared chickweed

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