noun Download 🔗Share A part of any of several scientific instruments that moves back and forth to indicate a position Examples : "The lab technician used the microscope's cursor to precisely locate the tiny bacteria. " science device machine technology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A moving icon or other representation of the position of the pointing device Examples : "The cursor blinked on the computer screen, showing me where to type the next word in my essay. " computing technology electronics device Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An indicator, often a blinking line or bar, indicating where the next insertion or other edit will take place Examples : "I moved the cursor to the beginning of the sentence to correct a typo. " technology computing internet electronics machine device Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A reference to a row of data in a table, which moves from row to row as data is retrieved by way of it Examples : "The database cursor moved to the row containing Sarah's grade in the student report. " computing technical technology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A design pattern in object oriented methodology in which a collection is iterated uniformly Examples : "The teacher used a cursor pattern to loop through each student's test scores and calculate the average. " computing technology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To navigate by means of the cursor keys. Examples : "I cursored through the document to find the error. " computing technology action communication Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading