touchscreen

or touch screen

[ tuhch-skreen ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a touch-sensitive display screen on a computer or other electronic device: touching different portions of the screen with a finger or stylus will cause the device to take actions determined by a computer program.

touchscreen

/ tŭch′skrēn′ /

A monitor screen that can detect and respond to something, such as a finger or stylus, pressing on it.

First recorded in 1970–75; touch + screen

Instead of pushing the cup against a mechanical lever, users push a “button” on a touchscreen.

In the 21st century, you also have to turn off the touchscreen to become human.

If you can't see yourself doing much typing on a touchscreen, the iPad's keyboard will exceed your expectations.

A really big PDA, where a touchscreen does what a laptop's keyboard used to do.

"We're in love," the reviewer said of the Storm's touchscreen keyboard.

He takes my hand by the wrist and plants my palm on the touchscreen and a little ribbon of paper with zero-zero-one slides out.

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