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Meaning of "push button" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PUSH BUTTON

push button play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PUSH BUTTON

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Push button is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PUSH BUTTON MEAN IN ENGLISH?

push button

Push-button

A push-button or simply button is a simple switch mechanism for controlling some aspect of a machine or a process. Buttons are typically made out of hard material, usually plastic or metal. The surface is usually flat or shaped to accommodate the human finger or hand, so as to be easily depressed or pushed. Buttons are most often biased switches, though even many un-biased buttons require a spring to return to their un-pushed state. Different people use different terms for the "pushing" of the button, such as press, depress, mash, and punch.

Definition of push button in the English dictionary

The first definition of push button in the dictionary is an electrical switch operated by pressing a button, which closes or opens a circuit. Other definition of push button is push-button operated by a push button. Push button is also operated by a push button.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PUSH BUTTON

push
push about
push along
push fit
push in
push money
push off
push on
push polling
push the boat out
push the envelope
push through
push up daisies
push-bike
push-button
push-pull
push-pull circuit
push-start
push-up
pushback

WORDS THAT END LIKE PUSH BUTTON

bellybutton
button
cotton
Dutton
fly button
glutton
hot button
hot-button
Hutton
leg-of-mutton
mutton
on the button
panic button
pause button
pearl button
press button
push-button
record button
reset button
stop button
Sutton

Synonyms and antonyms of push button in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «push button» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PUSH BUTTON

Find out the translation of push button to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of push button from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «push button» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

按钮
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

botón pulsador
570 millions of speakers

English

push button
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पुश बटन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ضغط على زر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

кнопка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

botão de pressão
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বোতাম চাপা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bouton -poussoir
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

tekan butang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Druckknopf
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

プッシュボタン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

푸시 버튼
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tombol push
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bấm chuông
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

புஷ் பொத்தானை அழுத்தவும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बटन दाब
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

butona basınız
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pulsante
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przycisk
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

кнопка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

buton
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μπουτόν
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

drukknop
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tryckknapp
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

trykknapp
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of push button

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PUSH BUTTON»

The term «push button» is quite widely used and occupies the 29.830 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PUSH BUTTON» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «push button» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «push button» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about push button

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PUSH BUTTON»

Discover the use of push button in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to push button and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Kodak's Ergonomic Design for People at Work
tion to the other steps of the task cycle. The force to activate the push button was measured at 29 N (6.45 lbf) with a force gauge. However, this was when using high air pressure for the machine. With decreased air pressure the activation force ...
‎2004
2
Industrial Electricity
However, the stop push button is wired as a normally closed push button, wired to input terminal I1, and the program shows a normally open contact, I1. Is this correct? Your other question might be, what is the origin of the holding contacts, Q1 ...
Michael Brumbach, 2010
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Popular Science
Chrysler Adopts __ Push-Button Drive The selector lever is replaced, more power added, all up and down the line. By DEVON FRANCIS FRIEND of mine got into a new Dodge the other day, and sat there bewildered. He fumbled. He searched ...
4
The Nitrous Oxide High-Performance Manual: How to Specify, ...
There are alternative devices to a micro switch, such as a TPS (throttle position sensor) triggered Throttle position trigger switch from WON. unit and a steering wheel-mounted push button switch (I only advise the latter for exceptional ...
Trevor Langfield, 2006
5
Control of Machines
Contact positions when forward push button is pressed (c) Fig. 9.18 Operation of special push-buttons for battery trolley 8 touch each other. Thus when the push button is fully pressed, connection is made between contacts 3-5, 6-7 and 7-8 ...
S. K. Bhattacharya, Brijinder Singh, 2006
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Advanced Techniques for Counseling and Psychotherapy
THE PUSH-BUTTON TECHNIQUE Imagine a large box with two big red buttons on top of it. Imagine walking up to the box and realizing that if you push the button on the left, your life will take a certain direction; however, if you push 128 ...
Dr. Christian Conte PhD, 2009
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Organizational and Direct Support Maintenance Repair Parts ...
(1) (2) (3) (4) ITEM SMR PART NO CODE FSCM NUMBER DESCRIPTION 48 PAOZZ 28480 0370 -2263 PUSH BUTTON 49 PAOZZ 28480 0370 -2287 PUSH BUTTON 50 PAOZZ 28480 0370 -2264 PUSH BUTTON 51 PAOZZ 28480 0370 ...
‎1985
8
Building Automation: Communication systems with EIB/KNX, LON ...
In the switch/dimming sensor default setting, the Switch Dim LED application has eight communication objects for four push buttons that are used to carry out the following functions [ABB06]: • Pressing and releasing the push button's upper ...
Hermann Merz, James Backer, Viktoriya Moser, 2009
9
Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health
In the case of the auditor, because he got the data at source—contacted the engram itself, which robbed it of some power—the push-button will not last very long, certainly less than two or three hundred pushes. The whole pain-drive effort at ...
L. Ron Hubbard, 1968
10
Intermediate Robot Building
Input pin 18 reads the push button on the daughterboard. When the push button is pressed, it connects input pin 18 to ground, causing the microcontroller to read a zero value. When the push button is released, a 100 kΩ pull-up resistor ...
David Cook, 2010

6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PUSH BUTTON»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term push button is used in the context of the following news items.
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Valtteri Bottas move may push Button back to Williams
Jenson Button could make a romantic return to Williams, the team that gave him his start in Formula One as a teenager. Reports from Italy suggest that Ferrari ... «The Times, Jul 15»
2
Push Button, Receive Bacon comes to life
The famous Push Button, Receive Bacon meme has been brought to life by a ... upon pushing the button, no bacon materialised, then a device invented by a ... «CNET, Nov 14»
3
Push button, get pizza!
A new iPhone app that lets users get a cheese pie with the push of a button has already been downloaded more than 28,000, and the young Park Slope techies ... «Brooklyn Paper, Aug 14»
4
First Insulin Pen with No Push-Button Extension Now Available
When a dose is dialed with traditional prefilled pens, the push button extends and at larger doses can present challenges for the patient. Levemir FlexTouch is ... «Monthly Prescribing Reference, Jun 14»
5
Formula 1's Latest Rumours and Talk: Magnussen Can Push Button
During a period of relative quiet in the Formula One paddock, stars of the F1 world gathered at the annual Autosport International Show at Birmingham's NEC ... «Bleacher Report, Jan 14»
6
To Get In, Push Buttons, or Maybe Swipe a Magnet
And now, in a federal courthouse in Ohio, 11 lawsuits have been consolidated into one against Kaba, a lock industry leader whose Simplex push-button locks ... «New York Times, Mar 11»

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