touchscreen

or touch screen

[ tuhch-skreen ]
/ ˈtʌtʃˌskrin /

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.

Origin of touchscreen

First recorded in 1970–75; touch + screen

British Dictionary definitions for touch screen

touch screen

noun

  1. a visual display unit screen that allows the user to give commands to the computer by touching parts of the screen instead of using the keyboard
  2. (as modifier)a touch-screen computer

Scientific definitions for touch screen

touchscreen
[ tŭchskrēn′ ]

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