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- noun Alternative spelling of
light pen .
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Examples
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Currently in the prototype phase, it consists of a 16 by 16 grid of LED buttons within a square aluminium frame about the same size as a lightpen tablet, and also contains two in-built speakers.
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Im no synth expert but i certainly do recall a lightpen.
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He pointed the lightpen at the top row of screens.
To Say Nothing of the Dog Willis, Connie 1997
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If his delivery is a chuck, then that's up to someone wearing a blazer to determine with a lightpen and a protractor in the video booth.
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He felt in his pockets for the lightpen, couldn’t find it, and settled for his finger.
To Say Nothing of the Dog Willis, Connie 1997
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“All right, here’s what we’ve been looking at,” he said, picking up a lightpen and walking over to the center screen.
To Say Nothing of the Dog Willis, Connie 1997
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“When the incongruity’s introduced, you get a pattern of radically increased slippage at the site,” he pointed with the lightpen, “and then slightly lower levels here and here surrounding the site, and then smaller peripheral patches as the system corrects itself.”
To Say Nothing of the Dog Willis, Connie 1997
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