: relating to or being an arrangement of two electronic circuit elements (such as transistors) such that an alternating input causes them to send current through a load alternately
a push-pull circuit
push-pull noun

Examples of push-pull in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The push-pull of multiple investigations is more interesting than the at-home plotlines for either detective, though there are a few rich moments and shining fights. Margaret Lyons, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2024 Scholl says a perfect storm of low unemployment, the impact of the Great Resignation, and changes in people’s relationship with work have created push-pull tension of workers holding on to their jobs and employers clamoring for efficiencies. Trey Williams, Fortune, 13 Dec. 2023 The tension in Montana reflects a nationwide push-pull. Katheryn Houghton, CBS News, 12 Dec. 2023 Fields adjacent to push-pull areas also saw decreases in insects. Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Aug. 2023 Moore and Portman inject the movie with wattage, dramatic heft, and a push-pull dynamic associated with immovable objects and irresistible forces. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 29 Nov. 2023 This plastic tree stand is made to support trees up to 8 feet tall and features a push-pull lock system that allows for easy assembly. Casey Clark, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Nov. 2023 According to the Nemours Foundation, babies need to explore their senses and benefit from stacking toys, mirrors, mobiles, and push-pull toys, such as the Tugl Cube or the Sassy Stacking Circles toy. Tanya Edwards, Parents, 4 Oct. 2023 Hospitals are fraught spaces and their halls are respites from the push-pull between caregivers and their charges, between the realities of diagnoses and the hopes of treatment, between salvation and death. Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Aug. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1920, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of push-pull was in 1920

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“Push-pull.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/push-pull. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

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