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push-button

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(electronics)push-button - A roughly fingertip-sized plastic cover attached to a spring-loaded, normally-open switch, which, when pressed, closes the switch. Typical examples are the keys on a computer or calculator keyboard and mouse buttons.


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Nathaniel Letton's hand, creeping toward the push-button on the desk, was abruptly arrested.
Burning Daylight by London, Jack View in context
Pressing the push-button beside my bed, I strove to hear the sound of the bell, though I well knew it was impossible for the sound to rise three stories to me even if the bell did ring.
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