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touch system

noun

  1. a system of typing in which each finger is assigned to one or more keys, thereby enabling a person to type without looking at the keyboard.


touch system

noun

  1. a typing system in which the fingers are trained to find the correct keys, permitting the typist to read and type copy without looking at the keyboard
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of touch system1

First recorded in 1915–20
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Example Sentences

By the end of the two weeks, all children over six years old and Mother knew the touch system reasonably well.

Together, these results suggest that the affective touch system is tuned to recognize human contact and to differentiate self from other.

Still, the finding that dysfunction in the touch system can contribute to behavioral problems is exciting, Pelphrey says.

“Each time we study the touch system more deeply, we realize that it is more specialized than we’d known,” Linden says.

Ford is adjusting the touch system based on feedback from critics including Consumer Reports and from customer surveys, Fowler said.

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