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dvorak
/ˈdvɔɹʒɑk/
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What does dvorak mean?
adjective
- Describing an optimized keyboard layout for the English language, in which the alphabet is arranged in the order PYFGCRL on the top row, AOEUIDHTNS on the middle, or home row, and QJKXBMWVZ on the bottom row, thus placing the letters most frequently used in the home row. Many variants on Dvorak layouts also exist, including keyboards for right-hand-only and left-hand-only-typists.
proper noun
- A surname from Czech, especially
- Antonín Leopold Dvořák (1841–1904), Czech composer of Romantic music.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈdvɔɹʒɑk/
Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗Other dictionary pronunciations
/ˈdvɔɹʒæk//ˈdvɔɹæk//dəˈvɔɹæk/
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I have tried to develop these principles in a simple way so that they are sure to be easily understood, and I have been greatly aided in my task by Miss Helen Dvorak and Mr. Eugene Fuller, who, without any previous knowledge of the game, have learned it in reading through the manuscript of this book.