multikey

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English

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Etymology

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From multi- +‎ key.

Adjective

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multikey (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to more than one key (in various senses).
    • 2009 March 5, Azadeh Ensha, “A Shining New Keyboard for the Chivalrous Gamer”, in New York Times[1]:
      The keyboard houses 12 fully programmable G-keys (three macros per key) and has multikey input functionality, which means you can bang on up to five keys simultaneously.

Noun

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multikey (plural multikeys)

  1. (computing) A multi-element key into a data structure.