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flicked/flicking

French translation: effleurer

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English term or phrase:flicked/flicking
French translation:effleurer
Entered by: FX Fraipont (X)

09:00 Jul 20, 2018
English to French translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Electronics / Elect Eng / electronic devices (in a patent)
English term or phrase: flicked/flicking
A subséquent touch action comprising a set of touches of the at least three finger touch combination that is flicked in a first direction, and wherein the pyramidical arrangement of the second set of symbols is displayed in response to a touch action that comprises a set of touches of the at least three finger touch combination that is flicked in a second direction.

The system of claim 1 wherein the processor is further opérable to disable présentation of the pyramidical arrangement in response to at least one of essentially simultaneousiy tapping each finger touch of the touch combination and essentially simultaneously directionally flicking each finger touch of the touch combination.

To aid in the discussion below, the terms essentially simultaneous and essentially simultaneously are used to address the fact that touches of a touch combination involving two or more touches may not be applied, tapped, slid, or flicked at exactly the same instance in time.
sylem
Tunisia
effleurer
Explanation:
dans un sens ou dans l'autre

"Mobiles magazine - Jun 2008 - Page 51 - Google Books Result
https://books.google.be/books?id=VFwEAAAAMBAJ - Translate this page
Mais, à l'image de nombreux téléphones à écran tactile, les touches vibrent pour ... dans les menus, simplement en l'effleurant dans un sens ou dans l'autre."
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effleurer


Explanation:
dans un sens ou dans l'autre

"Mobiles magazine - Jun 2008 - Page 51 - Google Books Result
https://books.google.be/books?id=VFwEAAAAMBAJ - Translate this page
Mais, à l'image de nombreux téléphones à écran tactile, les touches vibrent pour ... dans les menus, simplement en l'effleurant dans un sens ou dans l'autre."

FX Fraipont (X)
Belgium
Local time: 04:00
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tony M: Yes, of course, this is the action used on many smartphones, it's really rather like 'glisser', except that it is a briefer, more abrupt gesture...
16 mins
  -> thanks Tony!
agree  B D Finch
5 hrs
  -> thanks!
agree  Kevin Oheix
2 days 1 hr
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