touch screen
noun
variants
or touchscreen
: a display screen on which the user selects options (as from a menu) by touching the screen
Examples of touch screen in a Sentence
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The museum consists of four rooms with various interactive touch screens and audio presentations and focuses primarily on explaining the technology and history of semiconductor chips.
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Frank Shyong, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2024
The touch screen is sufficiently bright and detailed, and the entire control panel can be tilted vertically to optimize the viewing angles.
—David English, PCMAG, 27 Mar. 2024
An extended countertop near the sink is an ideal spot to prep pretend food, while the sticker touch screen on the fridge provides further imaginative play.
—Katrina Cossey, Parents, 1 Mar. 2024
Passenger-only touch screen A 10.25 touch screen in front of the front passenger seat is invisible to the driver, but allows the passenger to use apps and music from their devices, suggest changes to navigation destinations and view the truck’s exterior cameras.
—Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 22 Feb. 2024
An infotainment system has a 12.3-inch color touch screen that replaces all analog instrumentation and most switches.
—Rick Barrett, Journal Sentinel, 26 Jan. 2024
The controls featured an appealing mix of touch screen for may features, but physical dials for volume, tuning and temperature
My test vehicle for on-road driving stickered at $49,510, excluding $1,395 destination charge.
—Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 19 Mar. 2024
The ability to link your smartphone to your car’s touch screen, which Apple pioneered 10 years ago, is now standard.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 28 Feb. 2024
Once my oxygen was replenished I was inspired to change the drive mode—accessible only via the multimedia touch screen—into Sport.
—Scotty Reiss, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2024
Frank Shyong, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2024
The touch screen is sufficiently bright and detailed, and the entire control panel can be tilted vertically to optimize the viewing angles.
—David English, PCMAG, 27 Mar. 2024
An extended countertop near the sink is an ideal spot to prep pretend food, while the sticker touch screen on the fridge provides further imaginative play.
—Katrina Cossey, Parents, 1 Mar. 2024
Passenger-only touch screen A 10.25 touch screen in front of the front passenger seat is invisible to the driver, but allows the passenger to use apps and music from their devices, suggest changes to navigation destinations and view the truck’s exterior cameras.
—Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 22 Feb. 2024
An infotainment system has a 12.3-inch color touch screen that replaces all analog instrumentation and most switches.
—Rick Barrett, Journal Sentinel, 26 Jan. 2024
The controls featured an appealing mix of touch screen for may features, but physical dials for volume, tuning and temperature
My test vehicle for on-road driving stickered at $49,510, excluding $1,395 destination charge.
—Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 19 Mar. 2024
The ability to link your smartphone to your car’s touch screen, which Apple pioneered 10 years ago, is now standard.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 28 Feb. 2024
Once my oxygen was replenished I was inspired to change the drive mode—accessible only via the multimedia touch screen—into Sport.
—Scotty Reiss, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2024
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“Touch screen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/touch%20screen. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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