touch screen

noun

ˈtəch-ˌskrēn How to pronounce touch screen (audio)
variants or touchscreen
: a display screen on which the user selects options (as from a menu) by touching the screen

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The top-tier model currently offered by Asus is a 16-inch system with a 4K OLED touch screen, 128GB of LPDDR5X memory, 2TB of SSD storage, and the 20-core Grace CPU and 6,144-core Blackwell GPU. — Brian Westover, PC Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026 All include 24-hour butler service as well as touch screen controls for lighting, curtains, temperature, and room service. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026 The touch screen is equally legible and nicely integrated into the dashboard’s horizontal sweep across the cabin. — Mark Phelan, Freep.com, 25 Aug. 2026 Students use laptops and touch screens as early as kindergarten. — ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for touch screen

Word History

First Known Use

1974, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of touch screen was in 1974

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touch reader
touch screen
touch (someone) for (something)
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touch screen

noun
: a display screen (as for a computer) on which the user selects options by touching the screen
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