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push-button en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈpʊʃˌbʌtn̩/

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Which can be initiated or activated at the push of a button.
    • push-button warfare
    • a push-button automatic [transmission]
    • The push-button, entrance-exit signalling console incorporated in the operating floor of the yard control tower governs entry to and egress from the yard, [...] 1963 September, “The new Tyne and Healey Mills yards of the North Eastern”, in Modern Railways, page 171:

Relateds

button pusher · pushbutton · push the right buttons · nuclear button · push someone's buttons · hit the button

push-button en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈpʊʃˌbʌtn̩/

Meanings

  1. An electrical switch activated by pressing a button.
    • The cab equipment of the automatic control system is illustrated. It consists of a rotary switch graduated from 0 to 120 km.p.h. at 5 km.p.h. intervals, and four push-buttons. 1964 May, “Automation in the cab—latest SNCF developments”, in Modern Railways, page 335:
    • The communicating doors of adjoining vehicles are opened simultaneously by pressing a large push-button located a suitable height for a man loaded with mailbags to contact it with his shoulder; after a time-lag of seven seconds the doors close automatically. 1959 December, “New TPOs for the Western Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 581:

Forms

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push-buttons Number=Plur lexicographic

Relateds

pushbutton · push button

Translations (19)

hu nyomógomb (electrical switch) · ca polsador (electrical switch) · it pulsante (electrical switch) · nl drukknop (electrical switch) · de Druckschalter (electrical switch) · fr bouton-poussoir (electrical switch) · ca botó (electrical switch) · fr poussoir (electrical switch) · bg бутон (electrical switch) · pl przycisk (electrical switch) · cmn 按鈕 /按钮 (electrical switch) · fi painonappi (electrical switch) · cs tlačítko (electrical switch) · vi nút bấm (electrical switch) · sv tryckknapp (electrical switch) · ms butang tekan (electrical switch) · ru кно́пка (electrical switch) · de Druckknopf (electrical switch) · cmn 電鈕 /电钮 (electrical switch)