push-button

[ poo sh-buht-n ]
/ ˈpʊʃˌbʌt n /

adjective

operated by or as if by push buttons: push-button tuning.
using complex, automated weapons, as long-range missiles, that require only simple initial steps to put them into action: push-button warfare.

Origin of push-button

An Americanism dating back to 1875–80

Definition for push-button (2 of 2)

push button

or push·but·ton


noun

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.
the button or knob depressed.

Origin of push button

An Americanism dating back to 1875–80

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British Dictionary definitions for push-button

push button

noun

an electrical switch operated by pressing a button, which closes or opens a circuit
push-button (modifier)
  1. operated by a push buttona push-button radio
  2. initiated as simply as by pressing a buttonpush-button warfare