English Explanatory Dictionary

Fitts's law

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. A predictive model of human movement primarily used in human-computer interaction and ergonomics, stating that the time required to move rapidly to a target area (for example, using a computer mouse) is a function of the ratio between the distance to the target and the width of the target.

Word forms

Fitts's law Fitts' law

Etymology

Initially developed by Paul Fitts.

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