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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Common Windows laptop features you don’t get Unlike some Windows laptops, no Macs have touch screens. Larry Magid, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2026 Inside the dining room are three touch screens to order and a countertop to pick up food. Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 14 Apr. 2026 At the center of the escutcheon is a touch screen keypad with numbers 0 to 9 and an auto-lock button. John R. Delaney, PC Magazine, 11 Apr. 2026 After all, some of the most consequential tech advances in decades have happened in academia — including the touch screen and the internet. Rachyl Jones, semafor.com, 10 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for touch screen

Word History

First Known Use

1974, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of touch screen was in 1974

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“Touch screen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/touch%20screen. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.

Kids Definition

touch screen

noun
: a display screen (as for a computer) on which the user selects options by touching the screen
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