Fitts's law

English

Etymology

Initially developed by Paul Fitts.

Proper noun

Fitts's law

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.

Alternative forms

• Fitts' law