KEY STROKE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does key stroke mean? 

• KEY STROKE (noun)
  The noun KEY STROKE has 1 sense:

1. the stroke of a key; one depression of a key on a keyboard

  Familiarity information: KEY STROKE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KEY STROKE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The stroke of a key; one depression of a key on a keyboard

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

key stroke; keystroke

Context example:

the number of keystrokes was used as a measure of work

Hypernyms ("key stroke" is a kind of...):

stroke (a single complete movement)