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push button definition

☆ push button

a small knob or button that is pushed to operate something, as by closing an electric circuit
push-button definition

☆ push·-button (po̵os̸h′but′'n)

adjective

  1. controlled by or carried out by means of a push button
  2. highly mechanized, computerized, automatic, etc. modern, push-button warfare

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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