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Backspace

/ˈbækˌspeɪs/

The key on a typewriter that moves the head one position backwards.

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📖 Definitions of "Backspace"

noun

1
The key on a typewriter that moves the head one position backwards.
2
A keyboard key used for removing a character behind the cursor, and moving the cursor one position backwards.
3
The non-printable text character representing a backspace.

verb

1
To remove a character behind a cursor.
2
To move a magnetic tape to a previous block.

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rewindnoun	The act of rewinding.
retrocessionnoun	The transfer of risk from one reinsurer to another.
returnnoun	The act of returning.
rollbacknoun	A return to a prior state by undoing some operation, especially of policy or price changes.
reversalnoun	A change in fortune; a change from being successful to having problems.
reversenoun	The opposite of something.
backwardnoun	The state behind or past.
backnoun	The rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly.
throwbacknoun	(slang, often attributive) A person or thing that evokes memories.
regressionnoun	(statistics) An analytic method to measure the association of one or more independent variables with a dependent variable.
regressnoun	The act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression.
retrogressivenoun	A person of retrogressive views or policies; a backward-looking conservative.
retrogressionnoun	A deterioration or decline to a previous state.
backslidingnoun	An occasion on which one backslides, especially in a moral sense.
altnoun	(Internet slang, gaming) An alternate or secondary account.
relapsenoun	(medicine) An occasion when a person becomes ill again after a period of improvement
backlashnoun	(figurative) A negative reaction, objection or outcry, especially of a violent or abrupt nature.
retractnoun	An act of retracting or withdrawing (a mistake, a statement, etc.); a retraction.