JOYSTICK


Meaning of JOYSTICK in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -ˌstik ]

noun

Etymology: perhaps from English slang joystick penis

Date: 1910

1. : a lever in an airplane that operates the elevators by a fore-and-aft motion and the ailerons by a side-to-side motion

2. : a control for any of various devices (as a computer) that resembles an airplane's joystick especially in being capable of motion in two or more directions

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.