Definition of touch screen
: a display screen on which the user selects options (as from a menu) by touching the screen
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In the dash, standard is a premium Meridian 380-watt audio system with satellite and HD radio, with an eight-inch touch screen and SD-card navigation system.
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The heart of the onboard experience will be a high-tech Science Center where interactive tools such as touch screens and virtual reality goggles bring the outdoors to life.
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Another upgrade is a fully digital cockpit using large digital displays with touch screen technology.
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Guests can also browse through 007’s production archives on interactive touch screens.
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Families can use a touch screen to choose which types of materials to make different parts of a truck and a bridge out of.
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The 8-inch touch screen is mainly for navigation and for the passenger to have a say in audio controls or to play with apps.
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In the other counties, voters use touch screens to record their votes.
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The touch screen is touchy for fat fingers and the screen is high in the center stack and vulnerable to glare in sunshine.
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First Known Use of touch screen
1974
TOUCH SCREEN Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of touch screen for English Language Learners
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computers : a type of screen on a computer which shows options that you can choose by touching the screen
TOUCH SCREEN Defined for Kids
touch screen
Definition of touch screen for Students
: a display screen (as for a computer) on which the user selects options by touching the screen
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