pointerlike
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4ADJ.
available, general
VERB + POINTERLIKE
screen
POINTERLIKE + NOUN
beam, capability, electrons
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in
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Like a pointer (needle-like indicator).
Twins in many respects, each tube has a light-sensitive screen and a pointerlike beam of electrons.
Like a pointer (hunting dog).
Originally called the Weimar pointer, the dog is pointerlike in general outline and similar to the German short-haired pointer, only larger.
Like a pointer (variable holding a memory address).
You must resist the temptation to implement basic data structures such as linked lists and trees just because a pointerlike capability is available.
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3Twins in many respects, each tube has a light-sensitive screen and a pointerlike beam of electrons.
WiktionaryOriginally called the Weimar pointer, the dog is pointerlike in general outline and similar to the German short-haired pointer, only larger.
WiktionaryYou must resist the temptation to implement basic data structures such as linked lists and trees just because a pointerlike capability is available.
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