light pen
Example Sentences
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Do you prefer the feel of a light pen or a heavy one?
From Washington Post • Mar. 14, 2023
By contrast, the picture telephone and a demonstration of a light pen captured my imagination.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 1, 2021
With Sketchpad, users created graphics with a light pen and could then manipulate lengths and angles in their designs.
From Scientific American • Jun. 22, 2012
Then, for example, the computer's taped voice asks the student to touch the word ran on the screen with a "light pen."
From Time Magazine Archive
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Corrections should always be made in the margin, and never in the text: faults in the types or text to be indicated only by light pen marks.
From Abbreviations and Signs A Primer of Information about Abbreviations and Signs, with Classified Lists of Those in Most Common Use by Hamilton, Frederick W. (Frederick William)