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push button
noun
1.
a device designed to close or open an electric circuit when a button or knob is depressed, and to return to a normal position when it is released.
2.
the button or knob depressed.
Also, push·but·ton.
Origin:
1875–80, Americanism
1875–80, Americanism
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| push button | |
| —n | |
| 1. | an electrical switch operated by pressing a button, which closes or opens a circuit |
| 2. | (modifier) push-button |
| a. operated by a push button: a push-button radio | |
| b. initiated as simply as by pressing a button: push-button warfare | |
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