push-button

See also: pushbutton

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʊʃˌbʌtn̩/

Adjective

push-button (not comparable)

1. Which can be initiated or activated at the push of a button.

   push-button warfare

   • 1963 September, “The new Tyne and Healey Mills yards of the North Eastern”, in Modern Railways, page 171:

     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, [...]

Alternative forms

• pushbutton

Noun

push-button (plural push-buttons)

1. An electrical switch activated by pressing a button.
   • 1959 December, “New TPOs for the Western Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 581:

     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.

   • 1964 May, “Automation in the cab—latest SNCF developments”, in Modern Railways, page 335:

     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.

Alternative forms

• push button
• pushbutton

Translations

electrical switch

• Bulgarian: бутон m (buton)
• Catalan: polsador (ca) m, botó (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 按鈕／按钮 (zh) (ànniǔ), 電鈕／电钮 (zh) (diànniǔ)

• Czech: tlačítko (cs)
• Dutch: drukknop (nl)
• Finnish: painonappi (fi)
• French: bouton-poussoir (fr) m, poussoir (fr) m
• German: Druckknopf (de) m, Druckschalter m
• Italian: pulsante (it) m
• Malay: butang tekan
• Russian: кно́пка (ru) f (knópka)
• Swedish: tryckknapp (sv) c
• Vietnamese: nút bấm