paddle

paddle

An input device that moves the screen cursor in a back-and-forth motion. It has a dial and one or more buttons and is typically used in games to hit balls and steer objects. See joy stick.

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paddle

1. a short light oar with a flat blade at one or both ends, used without a rowlock to propel a canoe or small boat

2. a blade of a water wheel or paddle wheel

3. a period of paddling

4. 

a. a paddle wheel used to propel a boat

b. (as modifier): a paddle steamer

5. the sliding panel in a lock or sluicegate that regulates the level or flow of water

6. a table-tennis bat

7. the flattened limb of a seal, turtle, or similar aquatic animal, specialized for swimming

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paddle [′pad·əl]

(aerospace engineering)

A large, flat, paddle-shaped support for solar cells, used on some satellites.

(design engineering)

Any of various implements consisting of a shaft with a broad, flat blade or bladelike part at one or both ends.

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Paddle - A language for transformations leading from specification to program. Used in the POPART programming environment generator.