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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Blackberry didn’t take the iPhone seriously and stuck with its keypad instead of a touch screen.
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Nicole Lipkin, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Though the device will have a touch screen, the primary input method will be Siri and an upcoming upgrade to a feature dubbed App Intents.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2025
When presented with multiple options, Hilton and Reum went all-in on in-flight entertainment and upgraded Wi-Fi that allow passengers to control audio/video, lighting, and other cabin systems via touch screens at their seats.
—Daniel Cote, Robb Report, 4 Aug. 2025
On the touch screen, Kaufman sets his guide system of each vertebrae while looking at the 3-D X-ray of John's spine.
—Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 23 July 2025
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Nicole Lipkin, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Though the device will have a touch screen, the primary input method will be Siri and an upcoming upgrade to a feature dubbed App Intents.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2025
When presented with multiple options, Hilton and Reum went all-in on in-flight entertainment and upgraded Wi-Fi that allow passengers to control audio/video, lighting, and other cabin systems via touch screens at their seats.
—Daniel Cote, Robb Report, 4 Aug. 2025
On the touch screen, Kaufman sets his guide system of each vertebrae while looking at the 3-D X-ray of John's spine.
—Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 23 July 2025
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“Touch screen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/touch%20screen. Accessed 29 Aug. 2025.
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