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Meanings of push-button in English

Russian
кнопка
Portuguese
botao de pressao
Spanish
tecla
Catalan
botó
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Electronic component with an area that can be temporarily pushed down causing electrical signal that in turn can control a device or machine.

        кнопка
        Usage of push-button in English
        1
        Cavendale pressed the push-button of the electric doorbell in a peculiar manner.
        Frank Merriwell's Pursuit; Or, How to Win
        2
        Swiveling handlebars and push-button attachments provide ergonomic controls for turning and stopping.
        Wired
        3
        Mr. Garwell touched a push-button on his desk, and a clerk appeared.
        From Farm to Fortune; or, Nat Nason's Strange Experience
        4
        And its push-button shifters let you rip through gears without hand fatigue.
        Wired
        5
        Without their services we push-button officers could not do a thing.
        Level 7
        6
        An old-fashioned push-button light switch was mounted on a support post.
        The blackstone chronicles
        7
        First Bell made sure that push-button phones were technologically superior to dial phones.
        The new yorker
        8
        The mushroomlike Pod stylishly combines speakers, a microphone, and push-button controls.
        Wired
        9
        Nathaniel Letton's hand, creeping toward the push-button on the desk, was abruptly arrested.
        Burning Daylight
        10
        It probably doesn't exist, at least not in the push-button way it's often imagined.
        The Guardian
        11
        It wouldn't need a code: they'd have a simple push-button arrangement of some sort.
        NS13 Zero Hour (2010)
        12
        He sighed resignedly and pressed the push-button on his desk.
        The Valley of the Giants
        13
        The latter, a push-button phone, makes voicemail and calling-card transactions a piece of cake.
        Wired
        14
        Tesla Motors' Model S "autopilot" will soon feature push-button lane changes.
        Wired
        15
        The grill plugs into an outlet, allowing that auger to work and offering push-button ignition.
        Wired
        16
        The entire global financial system became synced into a push-button electronic matrix of unfathomable complexity.
        The quants: how a new breed of math whizzes conquered wall stree...
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