joystick
joystick
Definition
joy·stick (jo̵i′stik′)
noun
- Slang the control stick of an airplane
- Comput. a manual device connected as to a video game, with a control lever that can be tilted in various directions to move the cursor or part of the display
joystick
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- push: You then fly the ship to another planet and push the joystick down to land there.
- move: You can move the joystick to the left to select the map display.
- use: You can control him using a joystick or the cursor keys.
- control: Strangely in two player mode the second player is joystick controlled.
- include: It has a 320x240 16-bit color display and several gaming type buttons including an 8 way joystick.
Converse of subject
- control: Controls: The movement of the player is controlled by the joystick.
Adjective modifier
- analog: The 8-bit Home Computer Joystick An analog joystick with a single fire button.
- cool: Chill out with cool joystick; Sony's MP3 is great for the gym.
- digital: I settled with the digital joystick myself, which seemed to offer the best compromise.
Modifies a noun
- steering: Boats like the Access dinghy can even be sailed using the chin and a joystick steering control.
- interface: Interface Zero Throwing chips to the wind, Simon Goodwin comes up with the goods on a joystick interface you can build.
- controller: On screen joystick controller for older iPAQ's in Portrait modes.
- port: The two joystick ports have been moved to the right side of the console.
- button: In the middle is a large, round joystick button.
- driver: There is also a short chapter on the joystick driver.
Noun used with modifier
- analog: Control of the car is handled by either a digital or analog joystick, or the keyboard.
- PC: You can quite easily interface switch type sensors to PC joystick, serial or parallel port.
- feedback: Already video games use force feedback joysticks to enhance games.
- force: Also there is constant bumping and movement on the force feed back joystick.
Preposition: with
- button: The 8-bit Home Computer Joystick An analog joystick with a single fire button.
