touch pad
noun
: a keypad for an electronic device (such as a microwave oven) that consists of a flat surface divided into several differently marked areas which are touched to choose options
Examples of touch pad in a Sentence
Press the start button on the touch pad.
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Out of the driver’s line of sight and with an idiosyncratic operating system, the touch pad never worked like the new, glanceable screen.
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Mark Phelan, USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2025
Hello, touch screen, good riddance, touch pad: The 2025 MDX’s 12.3-inch touch screen is noticeably closer to the driver than the previous model’s screen.
—Mark Phelan, USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2025
There’s a simple touch pad to activate the flushing action.
—Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 11 Jan. 2025
That hardware lets Glass record its wearer’s conversations and surroundings and store those recordings in the cloud; respond to voice commands, finger taps, and swipes on an earpiece that doubles as a touch pad; and automatically take pictures every 10 seconds.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 Dec. 2012
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Mark Phelan, USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2025
Hello, touch screen, good riddance, touch pad: The 2025 MDX’s 12.3-inch touch screen is noticeably closer to the driver than the previous model’s screen.
—Mark Phelan, USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2025
There’s a simple touch pad to activate the flushing action.
—Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 11 Jan. 2025
That hardware lets Glass record its wearer’s conversations and surroundings and store those recordings in the cloud; respond to voice commands, finger taps, and swipes on an earpiece that doubles as a touch pad; and automatically take pictures every 10 seconds.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 Dec. 2012
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“Touch pad.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/touch%20pad. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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