touch pad
noun
: a keypad for an electronic device (such as a microwave oven) that consists of a flat surface divided into several differently marked areas which are touched to choose options
Examples of touch pad in a Sentence
Press the start button on the touch pad.
Recent Examples on the Web
Their next handheld, the DS, was an experimental clamshell console with dual screens and a touch pad, yet was tasked with somehow recovering the ground lost to Sony while also being a worthy successor to the Game Boy name.
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Ryan Gaur, Rolling Stone, 19 Nov. 2024
Tech and Infotainment Previous-year models had a touch pad to help navigate through Mercedes’ MBUX infotainment software, but that’s gone away in favor of a slightly grippy surface to put one’s phone.
—Peter Nelson, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
The steering wheel, with its floating touch pad on either side of the center, feels different in your hand, comfortable and natural.
—Scotty Reiss, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
Out of the driver’s line of sight and with an idiosyncratic operating system, the touch pad never worked as the new, glanceable screen.
—Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 9 July 2024
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Ryan Gaur, Rolling Stone, 19 Nov. 2024
Tech and Infotainment Previous-year models had a touch pad to help navigate through Mercedes’ MBUX infotainment software, but that’s gone away in favor of a slightly grippy surface to put one’s phone.
—Peter Nelson, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
The steering wheel, with its floating touch pad on either side of the center, feels different in your hand, comfortable and natural.
—Scotty Reiss, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
Out of the driver’s line of sight and with an idiosyncratic operating system, the touch pad never worked as the new, glanceable screen.
—Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 9 July 2024
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“Touch pad.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/touch%20pad. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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