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
-
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
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
At least one other person thought of using the pushbutton phone in this manner fully two years ago.
From Time Magazine Archive
What Ma Bell did not anticipate, however, was that the pushbutton phone would become America's newest musical instrument.
From Time Magazine Archive
I stood in awe of him, for chaos seemed to be doing his bidding at the end of a pushbutton.
From My Second Year of the War by Frederick Palmer
