paddle

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.

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

paddle

A flat plastering tool used to clean out or to finish an angle or corner.

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. Copyright © 2003 by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

Paddle

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

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game paddle

An input device that moves the screen cursor in a back-and-forth motion. Used to hit balls and steer objects in a video game, the paddle contains a dial and one or more buttons for firing. The paddle was popularized in Atari's Pong game in the 1970s. See joystick and Atari.

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