push button
noun
a device designed to close or open an electric circuit when a button or knob is depressed, and to return to a normal position when it is released.
pushbutton
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a variation of
push button.
Example Sentences
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The effect was very "analog." It reminded me of switching channels on a monaural, pushbutton car radio, or watching a theatrical documentary shot on film.
From Salon ● May 23, 2011
Last week, as over 100,000 people trooped through Manhattan's Grand Central Palace at the National Business Show, first since 1941, it appeared that the pushbutton world had already closed in on businessmen.
From Time Magazine Archive
Rambler, give it canted tailfins, a flat roofline, pushbutton transmission and a slight horsepower boost to 215 h.p. in the V-8 model.
From Time Magazine Archive
The company's new pushbutton Touch-Tone, which reduces the average "dialing" time from nine to four seconds, will make every business phone a candidate for replacement.
From Time Magazine Archive
He did not even have to touch a pushbutton to turn on the current.
From My Second Year of the War by Frederick Palmer
