push button

Definition of Push Button in English :

1. button, push, push button

an electrical switch operated by pressing

Example Sentences:
'the elevator was operated by push buttons'
'the push beside the bed operated a buzzer at the desk'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Push Button

noun

1.

an electrical switch operated by pressing a button, which closes or opens a circuit

2. push-button (modifier)

a.

operated by a push button

a push-button radio

b.

initiated as simply as by pressing a button

push-button warfare

modifier

1.

operated by a push button

In the US, she came across the push-button radio.

push-button phones

2.

initiated as simply as by pressing a button, or expected to be so

The new US military philosophy was dubbed 'push-button warfare'.

Our push-button desire for the next big thing.

a small knob or button that is pushed to operate something, as by closing an electric circuit

adjective

1.

controlled by or carried out by means of a push button

2.

highly mechanized, computerized, automatic, etc.

modern, push-button warfare