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wrists

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for wrists.

Editorial note

Am I the only one who think holding your fingers on the home-row is very painful on the wrists?

Examples16
Definitions2
Parts of speech1

Quick take

(engineering) A stud or pin which forms a journal.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of wrists gathered in one view.

noun

(engineering) A stud or pin which forms a journal.

noun

(anatomy) The complex joint between forearm bones, carpus, and metacarpals where the hand is attached to the arm; the carpus in a narrow sense.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for wrists.

noun

(engineering) A stud or pin which forms a journal.

noun

(anatomy) The complex joint between forearm bones, carpus, and metacarpals where the hand is attached to the arm; the carpus in a narrow sense.

Example sentences

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Am I the only one who think holding your fingers on the home-row is very painful on the wrists?

2

In e-sports you aren't physically at risk (aside from maybe your wrists), but your reputation certainly is.

3

Forefingers are aligned with my wrists, therefore, each forefinger makes about 45° angle with the space bar.

4

Works like a charm and allows me to keep my wrists in neutral position at all times.

5

He makes it sound like he's comparing wearable tech to ninja stars strapped to your wrists.

6

On top of that the most useful reflectors a cyclist can have are on the pedals and on the wrists.

7

Keen to hear feedback from the HN community on having ETA on their wrists!

8

If Docker's heavily screwed-up tag system becomes locked into a standard, I may as well slit my wrists now.

9

It turned out this was mainly due to two factors; bad positioning of my arms and wrists while typing, and typing too hard.

10

When I began experiencing soreness in wrists, my girlfriend got me a Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000.

11

My forearms were always angled inwards with my hands and wrists angled out.

12

My wrists and arms hurt like hell while I was at work, it was really awful.

Quote examples

1

The most neutral position for your forearms/wrists when your arms are in a typical typing position is only pronated slightly compared to a vertical (“handshake”) type orientation.

2

In order to position your hands over the home row it is necessary to bring your hands together in front of your body with your wrists deviated." My shoulder width exceeds my laptop keyboard by a significant margin.

3

I'm not sure what the problem was, but I do recall feeling that the TE was too "square" so that my wrists had to bend the same way they would for a regular keyboard.

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Second: I was at one of their road trip events, and one of the things the creators mentioned was that keeping your wrists perfectly still is apparently not that healthy, so having certain parts of the keyboard "recommend" that you move your hand to use them might help reduce strain on the wrist/hands.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use wrists in a sentence?

Am I the only one who think holding your fingers on the home-row is very painful on the wrists?

What does wrists mean?

(engineering) A stud or pin which forms a journal.

What part of speech is wrists?

wrists is commonly used as noun.