push-buttonn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈpʊʃˌbʌtn/, U.S.

/ˈpʊʃˌbətn/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: push- comb. form, button n.

Etymology: < push- comb. form + button n.

A. n.

A button that is pushed to operate a device, typically an electrical one. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > control(s) > [noun] > buttons

tit1864

push-button?1874

press-buttonc1876

push1886

pressel1892

press-cock1932

stop button1940

touch key1957

the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > circuit > device to open or close circuit > [noun] > button operating

push-button?1874

?1874 J. E. Smith Man. Telegr. (ed. 11) 133/2 (caption) Press button... Pear shape push button for bell cord.

1878 G. B. Prescott Speaking Telephone xii. 376 The push button or key used in short circuits serves to close the latter in a very simple and effectual manner.

1901 Munsey's Mag. June 367/2 The subscriber presses a push button, and the two numbers to be connected are ‘rung up’ simultaneously.

1929 W. Lippman Pref. Morals p. vi These terms..have become push buttons which touch off emotional reflexes.

1943 T. Horsley Find, Fix & Strike 64 The range is point-blank... The pilot's thumb, already on the push-button on top of the throttle bar, jabs hard against the stop.

1976 Gramophone May 1835/1 Below the main controls are the following: sockets for stereo microphone and headphones, push-buttons for low filter, high filter,..and power on-off.

2004 C. K. L. Or in P. T. McCabe Contemp. Ergonomics 260 Vehicle acceleration, the selection of the modes, turning, or braking is achieved using push buttons and handgrips.

B. adj.

a. Operated or carried out by pressing a push-button or push-buttons.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > [adjective] > operated by pressing a button

push-button1880

society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > control(s) > [adjective] > types of button

push-button1880

press-button1901

1880 Fitchburg (Mass.) Daily Sentinel 19 Mar. The new push button Bell is in great demand.

1909 Trans. Amer. Inst. Electr. Engineers 1908 27 521 Push-button ringing.

1936 Discovery Apr. 113/1 The diesel engine is started electrically and the push-button control for this purpose is mounted in the cab adjacent to the driving positions.

1943 Gramophone Dec. 107/1 The radio has 3 bands with push-button tuning.

1957 Observer 25 Aug. 11/1 It is no doubt true that guided missiles, nuclear warheads, flame-throwers, and push-button apparatus do not in the slightest invalidate the elementary military virtues of esprit de corps and self-discipline.

1978 S. Brill Teamsters iv. 127 He took his seat..alongside a table bearing two separate push-button phones.

2005 2600 Summer 56/1 The valet switch is a small, push-button toggle with an LED..that temporarily disables the security system.

b. push-button war n. (also push-button warfare) warfare conducted by means of (nuclear) missiles that can be launched by the press of a button; an instance of this.Chiefly used with negative connotation, implying that such warfare may be carried out recklessly or with undue ease. Cf. sense B. 2.In quot. 1942 with reference to the automation of production and management in the military.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > war > types of war > [noun] > atomic or nuclear warfare

push-button war1945

spasm war1965

1942 Los Angeles Times 2 Nov. 4/3 (cartoon caption) Our push button war.

1945 Life 20 Aug. 17/1 There may be devastating ‘push-button’ battles.]

1945 Time 22 Oct. 25/3 The rocket-propelled bomb for the push-button war was not yet ready for unveiling.

1946 Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch 21 Feb. 12/6 The push-button warfare forecast for the future.

1955 T. H. Pear Eng. Social Differences vi. 139 In what historical perspective can we see the changes which radio, television, faster-than-sound travel, push-button warfare..and social medicine are causing in our social life?

1992 J. Stern & M. Stern Encycl. Pop Culture 419/1 Soon there were stoves and washing machines and electric blenders bristling with rows of buttons to push; and there was even ‘push-button warfare’, so that no one had to exert himself too much when launching weapons of mass destruction.

2002 Intelligencer (Doylestown, Pa.) 14 July a4/3 Push-button warfare largely by pilotless aircraft..[is] among the Pentagon's goals.

c. Characterized by the use of push-buttons, esp. as a sign of technological advancement; fully automated or mechanized.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > [adjective] > rendered mechanical

mechanized1740

push-button1946

press-button1948

cybernated1962

the world > time > relative time > the present (time) > [adjective] > modern > technologically advanced

push-button1946

whizzy1977

1946 Birmingham (Alabama) News 3 Feb. 1/3 The Army Air Forces came forth Saturday with a real push-button plane.

1955 G. Freeman Liberty Man i. iii. 39 One might have thought he was a ship's boy serving on a graceful old tea clipper, rather than an efficient piece of mechanism in a modern push-button navy.

1960 Times 12 Jan. 13/5 The married woman of the future will live in an increasingly push-button home.

1973 Times 17 Oct. 14/4 If increased mechanization should be decided on..engineering would..offer a vastly increased number of ‘push-button’ jobs.

1992 New Republic 7 Sept. 42/3 The new, split-level, push-button home of convenience, which promised to liberate women from domestic drudgery, was another fraud.

2. Easily obtainable, as at the press of a button; instant, immediate.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > acquisition > [adjective] > obtained or acquired > able to be > easily

on (in) tap1483

to the fore1636

euporistical1657

push-buttona1935

on-demand1962

a1935 R. Jeffers Coll. Poetry (1989) II. 479 Push-button comforts, a paper world.

1967 Listener 22 June 821/3 Some part of the price we are paying for the alleged boon of push-button entertainment..can already be discerned.

1972 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 6 May 58/2 The Jesus-cults..offer the young..an instantaneous and push-button forgiveness.

1992 New Yorker 11 May 23/1 The movie falls flat only in its easy resolution and push-button optimism.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	push-button
释义	push-buttonn.adj. Brit. /ˈpʊʃˌbʌtn/, U.S. /ˈpʊʃˌbətn/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: push- comb. form, button n. Etymology: < push- comb. form + button n. A. n. A button that is pushed to operate a device, typically an electrical one. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > control(s) > [noun] > buttons tit1864 push-button?1874 press-buttonc1876 push1886 pressel1892 press-cock1932 stop button1940 touch key1957 the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > circuit > device to open or close circuit > [noun] > button operating push-button?1874 ?1874 J. E. Smith Man. Telegr. (ed. 11) 133/2 (caption) Press button... Pear shape push button for bell cord. 1878 G. B. Prescott Speaking Telephone xii. 376 The push button or key used in short circuits serves to close the latter in a very simple and effectual manner. 1901 Munsey's Mag. June 367/2 The subscriber presses a push button, and the two numbers to be connected are ‘rung up’ simultaneously. 1929 W. Lippman Pref. Morals p. vi These terms..have become push buttons which touch off emotional reflexes. 1943 T. Horsley Find, Fix & Strike 64 The range is point-blank... The pilot's thumb, already on the push-button on top of the throttle bar, jabs hard against the stop. 1976 Gramophone May 1835/1 Below the main controls are the following: sockets for stereo microphone and headphones, push-buttons for low filter, high filter,..and power on-off. 2004 C. K. L. Or in P. T. McCabe Contemp. Ergonomics 260 Vehicle acceleration, the selection of the modes, turning, or braking is achieved using push buttons and handgrips. B. adj. 1. a. Operated or carried out by pressing a push-button or push-buttons. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > [adjective] > operated by pressing a button push-button1880 society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > control(s) > [adjective] > types of button push-button1880 press-button1901 1880 Fitchburg (Mass.) Daily Sentinel 19 Mar. The new push button Bell is in great demand. 1909 Trans. Amer. Inst. Electr. Engineers 1908 27 521 Push-button ringing. 1936 Discovery Apr. 113/1 The diesel engine is started electrically and the push-button control for this purpose is mounted in the cab adjacent to the driving positions. 1943 Gramophone Dec. 107/1 The radio has 3 bands with push-button tuning. 1957 Observer 25 Aug. 11/1 It is no doubt true that guided missiles, nuclear warheads, flame-throwers, and push-button apparatus do not in the slightest invalidate the elementary military virtues of esprit de corps and self-discipline. 1978 S. Brill Teamsters iv. 127 He took his seat..alongside a table bearing two separate push-button phones. 2005 2600 Summer 56/1 The valet switch is a small, push-button toggle with an LED..that temporarily disables the security system. b. push-button war n. (also push-button warfare) warfare conducted by means of (nuclear) missiles that can be launched by the press of a button; an instance of this.Chiefly used with negative connotation, implying that such warfare may be carried out recklessly or with undue ease. Cf. sense B. 2.In quot. 1942 with reference to the automation of production and management in the military. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > war > types of war > [noun] > atomic or nuclear warfare push-button war1945 spasm war1965 1942 Los Angeles Times 2 Nov. 4/3 (cartoon caption) Our push button war. 1945 Life 20 Aug. 17/1 There may be devastating ‘push-button’ battles.] 1945 Time 22 Oct. 25/3 The rocket-propelled bomb for the push-button war was not yet ready for unveiling. 1946 Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch 21 Feb. 12/6 The push-button warfare forecast for the future. 1955 T. H. Pear Eng. Social Differences vi. 139 In what historical perspective can we see the changes which radio, television, faster-than-sound travel, push-button warfare..and social medicine are causing in our social life? 1992 J. Stern & M. Stern Encycl. Pop Culture 419/1 Soon there were stoves and washing machines and electric blenders bristling with rows of buttons to push; and there was even ‘push-button warfare’, so that no one had to exert himself too much when launching weapons of mass destruction. 2002 Intelligencer (Doylestown, Pa.) 14 July a4/3 Push-button warfare largely by pilotless aircraft..[is] among the Pentagon's goals. c. Characterized by the use of push-buttons, esp. as a sign of technological advancement; fully automated or mechanized. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > [adjective] > rendered mechanical mechanized1740 push-button1946 press-button1948 cybernated1962 the world > time > relative time > the present (time) > [adjective] > modern > technologically advanced push-button1946 whizzy1977 1946 Birmingham (Alabama) News 3 Feb. 1/3 The Army Air Forces came forth Saturday with a real push-button plane. 1955 G. Freeman Liberty Man i. iii. 39 One might have thought he was a ship's boy serving on a graceful old tea clipper, rather than an efficient piece of mechanism in a modern push-button navy. 1960 Times 12 Jan. 13/5 The married woman of the future will live in an increasingly push-button home. 1973 Times 17 Oct. 14/4 If increased mechanization should be decided on..engineering would..offer a vastly increased number of ‘push-button’ jobs. 1992 New Republic 7 Sept. 42/3 The new, split-level, push-button home of convenience, which promised to liberate women from domestic drudgery, was another fraud. 2. Easily obtainable, as at the press of a button; instant, immediate. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > acquisition > [adjective] > obtained or acquired > able to be > easily on (in) tap1483 to the fore1636 euporistical1657 push-buttona1935 on-demand1962 a1935 R. Jeffers Coll. Poetry (1989) II. 479 Push-button comforts, a paper world. 1967 Listener 22 June 821/3 Some part of the price we are paying for the alleged boon of push-button entertainment..can already be discerned. 1972 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 6 May 58/2 The Jesus-cults..offer the young..an instantaneous and push-button forgiveness. 1992 New Yorker 11 May 23/1 The movie falls flat only in its easy resolution and push-button optimism. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.?1874
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