sketchpad

sketch·pad

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [skech-pad]
- /ˈskɛtʃˌpæd/
- /ˈsketʃ.pæd/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [skech-pad]
- /ˈskɛtʃˌpæd/

Definitions of sketchpad word

noun sketchpad sketchbook (def 1). 1
noun sketchpad book of paper for sketching 1
noun Technical meaning of sketchpad A program that allowed users to draw on a screen with a light pen. It supported constraints (e.g. drawing a constrained ellipse produced a circle). It also had some computer aided design features (e.g. computing loads on beams). Sketchpad was the subject of Ivan E. Sutherland's 1963 MIT PhD thesis, which opened the field of computer graphics. It was the progenitor of computer drawing packages like MacDraw or Adobe Illustrator. There is a film of Sketchpad in action. It solved constraints using value inference and introduced the "ring" list structure. 1
countable noun sketchpad A sketchpad is the same as a sketchbook. 0

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Parts of speech for Sketchpad

noun

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sketchpad popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for sketchpad

noun sketchpad

notebook — a book of or for notes.

Just one Synonym for sketchpad

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