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Shift key

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The key on a typewriter used to select uppercase letters and certain special characters by physically moving the mechanism
  2. 2
    the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters wordnet
  3. 3
    A key on a personal computer or terminal keyboard used to effect the same function, or to change the function of the function keys.

Etymology

First use appears c. 1883 in the listing of U.S. Patents.

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