joystick

n. lever used to control the movements of an airplane or other vehicle; lever by which certain actions are performed (Computers)

A joystick is a personal computer peripheral or general control device consisting of a handheld stick that pivots about one end and transmits its angle in two or three dimensions to a computer. Joysticks are often used to control video games, and usually have one or more push-buttons whose state can also be read by the computer. The term joystick has become a synonym for game controllers that can be connected to the computer since the computer defines the input as a "joystick input".Apart from controlling games, joysticks are also used for controlling machines such as aircraft, cranes, trucks, powered wheelchairs and some zero turning radius lawn mowers. More recently miniature joysticks have been adopted as navigational devices for smaller electronic equipment such as mobile phones.
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Noun
1. a lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an airplane
(synonym) stick, control stick
(hypernym) lever
2. a manual control consisting of a vertical handle that can move freely in two directions; used as an input device to computers or to devices controlled by computers
(hypernym) control, controller

n. joystick, lever used to control the movements of an airplane or other vehicle; (Computers) lever by which certain actions are performed

n. joystick, lever used to control the movements of an airplane or other vehicle; lever by which certain actions are performed (Computers)