An electrical switch operated by pressing a button; SYN. push, button.
Patentdrücker aus zwei Teilen als Verschluß an Kleidungsstücken, 1885 von Heribert Bauer erfunden.
1. Operated or done by means of push buttons
2. Using or dependent on complex and more or less self-operating mechanisms that are put in operation by a simple act comparable to pushing a button