DOUBLE-CLICK
\dˈʌbə͡lklˈɪk], \dˈʌbəlklˈɪk], \d_ˈʌ_b_əl_k_l_ˈɪ_k]\
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Two clicks of a mouse button made inrapid succession without moving the mouse. A double-clickoften combines the actions of selecting, and then activatingan object in a GUI, e.g. selecting and opening a document.Some text editors use double-click to select the word underthe mouse pointer.When used as a verb it is often written as two words with aspace instead of a hyphen.
By Denis Howe
Word of the day
basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).