light pen

Questions about light pen

What is another word for light pen?

It depends which light pen you mean. In the sense “(computer science) a pointer that when pointed at a computer display senses whether or not the spot is illuminated”, the synonyms are electronic stylus. Across all 1 sense there are 1 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of light pen?

WordNet records no antonym for light pen. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for light pen come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of light pen

• Full entry for light penAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for light penWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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