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The key on a typewriter used to select uppercase letters and certain special characters by physically moving the mechanism
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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A key on a personal computer or terminal keyboard used to effect the same function, or to change the function of the function keys.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: shift
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: key
First use appears c. 1883 in the listing of U.S. Patents.
Across languages
Translations
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Danish:
skiftenøgle
— key on a typewriter
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Finnish:
vaihtonäppäin
— key on a typewriter
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German:
Umschalttaste
— key on a typewriter
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Spanish:
tecla de mayúsculas
— key on a typewriter
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Swedish:
omskiftare
— key on a typewriter
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Swedish:
skifttangent
— key on a typewriter
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Chinese Mandarin:
換檔鍵 /换档键
(huàndàngjiàn)
— key on a personal computer or terminal keyboard
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Chinese Mandarin:
移位鍵 /移位键
(yíwèijiàn)
— key on a personal computer or terminal keyboard
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Danish:
shift
— key on a personal computer or terminal keyboard
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Danish:
shifttast
— key on a personal computer or terminal keyboard
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Finnish:
vaihtonäppäin
— key on a personal computer or terminal keyboard
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Finnish:
Shift-näppäin
— key on a personal computer or terminal keyboard
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French:
touche majuscule
— key on a personal computer or terminal keyboard
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German:
Umschalttaste
— key on a personal computer or terminal keyboard
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Irish:
eochair iomlaoide
— key on a personal computer or terminal keyboard
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Italian:
tasto maiuscolo
— key on a personal computer or terminal keyboard
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Japanese:
シフトキー
(shifuto kī)
— key on a personal computer or terminal keyboard
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Japanese:
シフト
(shifuto)
— key on a personal computer or terminal keyboard
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Korean:
시프트 키
(sipeuteu ki)
— key on a personal computer or terminal keyboard
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Korean:
시프트
(sipeuteu)
— key on a personal computer or terminal keyboard
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Romanian:
tastă shift
— key on a personal computer or terminal keyboard
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Russian:
шифт
(šift)
— key on a personal computer or terminal keyboard
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Russian:
кла́виша шифт
(kláviša šift)
— key on a personal computer or terminal keyboard
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Spanish:
mayús
— key on a personal computer or terminal keyboard
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Spanish:
tecla mayús
— key on a personal computer or terminal keyboard
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Swedish:
skifttangent
— key on a personal computer or terminal keyboard
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Turkish:
shift tuşu
— key on a personal computer or terminal keyboard
