touch·screen

or touch screen (tŭch′skrēn′)

An electronic device that serves as a display screen and also registers input by detecting the touch of a finger or stylus on its surface.

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touch screen

(Computer Science)

a. a visual display unit screen that allows the user to give commands to the computer by touching parts of the screen instead of using the keyboard

b. (as modifier): a touch-screen computer.

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Noun

touch screen - a computer display that enables the user to interact with the computer by touching areas on the screen

touchscreen

computer display, computer screen - a screen used to display the output of a computer to the user

Translations

شاشَة كومبيوتر تَعْمَل باللمْس

obrazovka ovládaná dotykem

touchscreen

Touchscreen

οθόνη αφής

écran tactile

érintésérzékeny képernyõ

schermo a sfioramento schermo reattivo schermo sensibile al tatto

berøringsfølsom skjerm

dotyková obrazovka

dokunma duyarlı ekran

触摸屏

touch

(tatʃ) verb

1. to be in, come into, or make, contact with something else. Their shoulders touched; He touched the water with his foot.

2. to feel (lightly) with the hand. He touched her cheek.

3. to affect the feelings of; to make (someone) feel pity, sympathy etc. I was touched by her generosity.

4. to be concerned with; to have anything to do with. I wouldn't touch a job like that.

noun

1. an act or sensation of touching. I felt a touch on my shoulder.

2. (often with the) one of the five senses, the sense by which we feel things. the sense of touch; The stone felt cold to the touch.

3. a mark or stroke etc to improve the appearance of something. The painting still needs a few finishing touches.

4. skill or style. He hasn't lost his touch as a writer.

5. (in football) the ground outside the edges of the pitch (which are marked out with ˈtouchlines). He kicked the ball into touch.

ˈtouching adjective

moving; causing emotion. a touching story.

ˈtouchingly adverb

in a moving way, so as to cause emotion. Her face was touchingly childlike.

ˈtouchy adjective

easily annoyed or offended. You're very touchy today; in rather a touchy mood.

ˈtouchily adverb

ˈtouchiness noun

ˈtouch screen noun

a computer screen that responds to the user's touch on its surface.

in touch (with)

in communication (with). I have kept in touch with my school-friends.

lose touch (with)

to stop communicating (with). I used to see him quite often but we have lost touch.

out of touch (with)

1. not in communication (with).

2. not sympathetic or understanding (towards). Older people sometimes seem out of touch with the modern world.

a touch

a small quantity or degree. The soup needs a touch of salt; a touch of imagination.

touch down

1. (of aircraft) to land. The plane should touch down at 2 o'clock.

2. in rugby and American football, to put the ball on the ground behind the opposite team's goal line (noun ˈtouch-down).

touch off

to make (something) explode. a spark touched off the gunpowder; His remark touched off an argument.

touch up

to improve eg paintwork, a photograph etc by small touches. The photograph had been touched up.

touch wood

(used as an interjection) to touch something made of wood superstitiously, in order to avoid bad luck. None of the children has ever had a serious illness, touch wood!