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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There are people who really want to have a reconfigurable, multi-touch screen.
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Morgan Korn, ABC News, 22 Mar. 2026
Among all the groups, the touch screen users had the slowest reaction times and the worst driving performance.
—Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Mar. 2026
The Echo Spot shaves it down even further to a half-sphere and adds a handy little touch screen for visual information.
—K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 16 Mar. 2026
Over the past two decades, homes have seen an invasion of touch screens.
—Diana Budds, Architectural Digest, 3 Mar. 2026
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Morgan Korn, ABC News, 22 Mar. 2026
Among all the groups, the touch screen users had the slowest reaction times and the worst driving performance.
—Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Mar. 2026
The Echo Spot shaves it down even further to a half-sphere and adds a handy little touch screen for visual information.
—K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 16 Mar. 2026
Over the past two decades, homes have seen an invasion of touch screens.
—Diana Budds, Architectural Digest, 3 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for touch screen
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“Touch screen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/touch%20screen. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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