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touch-sensitive

British  

adjective

  1. (of a computer input device) activated by the user touching parts of it, esp a screen

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Specifically, the researchers have integrated 3D printing, automated machining, laser scanning and touch-sensitive measurement technologies with related software to create a largely automated system that produces metal machine components that meet critical tolerances.

From Science Daily • May 14, 2024

Writing in The New York Times, David Pogue said the device mostly lived up to the hype, calling it “a tiny, gorgeous hand-held computer whose screen is a slab of touch-sensitive glass.”

From New York Times • Mar. 29, 2023

What exactly is "magic" about a touch-sensitive screen that uses mapping technology?

From Salon • Nov. 27, 2022

But those touch-sensitive buttons, which are also found on the climate controls, are a bit too sensitive and it’s not uncommon to hit the wrong button or overshoot your adjustments.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 6, 2022

It was all brushed steel with digital readouts and touch-sensitive controls.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram

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