touchscreen

or touch screen

[tuhch-skreen]

noun

a touch-sensitive display screen on a computer or other electronic device: touching different portions of the screen with a finger or stylus will cause the device to take actions determined by a computer program.

Origin of touchscreen

First recorded in 1970–75; touch + screen

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British Dictionary definitions for touch screen

touch screen

noun

a visual display unit screen that allows the user to give commands to the computer by touching parts of the screen instead of using the keyboard
(as modifier)a touch-screen computer

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touch screen in Science

touchscreen

[tŭch′skrēn′]

A monitor screen that can detect and respond to something, such as a finger or stylus, pressing on it.