flying mouse
nounEtymology Compare Russian лету́чая мышь (letúčaja myšʹ, “flying mouse”).
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Any species of rodent in the genus Idiurus, native to parts of tropical Africa, which have the ability to glide.
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences An input device like a mouse that can be lifted from a surface and moved in three dimensions.
- The system I quoted […] was a full system: 486 PC 8megRAM 140HD, 2 DVI boards, 1 Ascension Bird flying mouse (6D mouse with 3 buttons, used for navigation and interaction), 1 VirtualResearch Headmounted display, 1 Logitech Sonic 6D tracker for headmount, Sense8 software and environment.1992, Maurice Sharp, “INDUSTRY: VPL's MicroCosm - Clarification from VPL”, in sci.virtual-worlds (Usenet):
- My hope is that the system would be as friendly as possible. So, i like ^([sic]) to know how to start looking into possible I/O devices. i.e. flying mouse, voice activated programs, video capture card?...1993, ala...@cerritos.edu, “Help! PC System Configuration”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware (Usenet):
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- Oh, and those wacky nonstandard mice — including the infamous 3D flying mouse — they need their own software to do their tricks.2008, Dan Gookin, Troubleshooting Your PC For Dummies, page 165:
- Derived terms
- long-eared flying mouse