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Meaning of push-button | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1
/ˈpʊʃˌbʌtn̩/

Definitions

An electrical switch activated by pressing a button.

Equivalents

Čeština tlačítko
Suomi painonappi
Italiano pulsante
Nederlands drukknop
Polski przycisk
Русский кнопка
Svenska tryckknapp
Tiếng Việt nút bấm

Examples

“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.”
“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.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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