call buttons

Summon the lift

Call buttons are small devices pressed to summon assistance or service.

Hospital patients use call buttons to alert nurses.

Elevators have call buttons on each floor to request a car.

Flight attendants respond when passengers press the call button overhead.

The term covers any button whose function is to bring someone: She pressed the call button and waited.

Related

hospital bed · ringer · tactile feedback · emergency · flight attendant · cabin crew · overhead bin · panel · concierge · front desk · room service · service bell · alarm · switch · safety systems · two-way communication · signals · nurses

Categories
Opposites
direction of summons

call buttonscancel button

Interface element halting operations

reset button

direction of communication

call buttonsreset buttons

Controls restoring original state

Family

call, button, calls, called, calling, caller, callers, callback, callbacks

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G