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Meaning of PUSH BUTTON

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  an electrical switch operated by pressing a button; "the elevator was operated by push buttons"; "the push beside the bed operated a buzzer at the desk"
 
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 Synonyms: button, push
 
 See Also: bell, bell push, buzzer, doorbell, electric switch, electrical switch, horn button, mouse button, push-button radio, reset button, switch

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Push button\ (Elec.)
A simple device, resembling a button in form, so arranged
that pushing it closes an electric circuit, as of an electric
bell.
 
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Computing Dictionary
 
 Definition: 

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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