touch screen
noun
variants
or touchscreen
: a display screen on which the user selects options (as from a menu) by touching the screen
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Many users aren’t interested in a touch screen for general computing, so the reflection annoyances aren’t worth the trade-off to plenty of shoppers.
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Matthew Buzzi, PC Magazine, 16 May 2025
The team was inspired by the taxonomy of gestures used with 2D elastic displays and touch screens: swiping, for instance, or pinching in and out to make an image larger or smaller.
—ArsTechnica, 30 Apr. 2025
This laptop also supports screen edge menus when configured with a touch screen.
—PC Magazine, 19 Apr. 2025
Fortunately, this touch screen is bright and colorful.
—PC Magazine, 10 Apr. 2025
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Matthew Buzzi, PC Magazine, 16 May 2025
The team was inspired by the taxonomy of gestures used with 2D elastic displays and touch screens: swiping, for instance, or pinching in and out to make an image larger or smaller.
—ArsTechnica, 30 Apr. 2025
This laptop also supports screen edge menus when configured with a touch screen.
—PC Magazine, 19 Apr. 2025
Fortunately, this touch screen is bright and colorful.
—PC Magazine, 10 Apr. 2025
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“Touch screen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/touch%20screen. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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