light pen
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light pen

noun

Definition of LIGHT PEN

: a pen-shaped device for direct interaction with a computer through a cathode-ray tube display

Examples of LIGHT PEN

  1. writing with a light pen

First Known Use of LIGHT PEN

1958

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