push-button

Definitions

An electrical switch activated by pressing a button.

Equivalents

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.”

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