mouse wheel

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mouse wheel

noun mouse wheels

  1. A hard plastic or rubbery disc on a computer mouse, rotated by the user in order to scroll the display. He was a mouse-wheel virtuoso, scrolling and zooming with ease.

    Similar: scroll wheel

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noun disc used for scrolling

Españolrueda del ratón
한국어마우스 휠 mauseu hwil
日本語マウスホイール mausu hoīru
中文滾輪 /滚轮 gǔnlún
Portuguêsroda do mouse, roda do rato
Françaismolette de souris
DeutschMausrad, Scrollrad

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@misc{mouse_wheel_2026,
  title = {mouse wheel},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mouse%20wheel},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}