push button
Press to activate
A push button is a small mechanical switch activated by pressing—found on doorbells, elevators, appliances, and countless devices.
As an adjective, push-button describes anything operated this way: push-button controls, push-button warfare.
The phrase often implies ease or automation: push-button convenience.
- doorbellEntry alert device
- dead man's switchDevice activated by release
- clickBrief sharp noise
- pressApply force downward
- switchCircuit-breaking toggle device
buzzer · arcade · actuator · mechanism · trigger · intercom · tactile · control · activator · automation · operation · red · thumb · one touch · plastic · reset · panel · finger
- buttonsfast forward, remote control, volume control, buzzer, doorbell
- switcheslight switch, power switch, dimmer switch, wall switch, rocker switch
- traffic signalstraffic light, traffic signal, stoplight, red light, green light
- Crosswalk Signalswalk sign, hand symbol, countdown timer, LED display
- hearing aidshearing aids, hearing aid, behind-the-ear, digital hearing aids, in-the-ear
- toy mechanismswind-up, spring action, flywheel, gears, pulleys
push buttontoggle switch
Two-position electrical controller
toggle · rocker switch · rotary dial · dial · knob
push buttonjoystick
Tilting lever for control
trackball · manual operation · steering wheel · slider · fader
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