Lexic.us

Definition of Push button

1. Noun. An electrical switch operated by pressing. "The push beside the bed operated a buzzer at the desk"

Lexicographical Neighbors of Push Button

Literary usage of Push button

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"GELMAN INSTRUMENT COMPANY Ann Arbor, Mich. 48106 WITH PUSH-BUTTON CONVENIENCE Push a button and ... PUSHBUTTON ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"The bell and its armature, the connecting wire, the push button and the battery, comprise the electric circuit. The push button is merely a key consisting ..."

3. Experimental Electrical Engineering and Manual for Electrical Testing for by Vladimir Karapetoff (1907)
"After this its destination may be changed by pressing the corresponding push-button. (3) After having pressed a button it is not necessary to hold it until ..."

4. A Dictionary of Electrical Words, Terms and Phrases by Edwin James Houston (1903)
"A term sometimes applied to a push button. Push Box.—A box provided for the reception of the mechanism of a push button or push. push button. ..."

5. The Electrical Engineer (1898)
"Another type of starting device is that known as the "push button control. ... A single push button is also placed on each landing, which, when pressed, ..."

6. Dyke's Automobile and Gasoline Engine Encyclopedia by Andrew Lee Dyke (1919)
"If hand operated it may be in the form of a "single pole" switch or a "push button." If by foot it ¡I usually by a foot pedal. Starting motor drive systems ..."

7. Automatic Telephony: A Comprehensive Treatise on Automatic and Semi by Arthur Bessey Smith, Wilson Lee Campbell (1914)
"... the 250-ohm winding of the line relay which in turn breaks the circuit through the holding coil. Secret Service Push-button Intercommunicating System. ..."

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