Meaning of push-button | Babel Free
/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.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.