touch pad
nounDefinition of touch pad
: 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
Those sitting in the café can watch the nightscape change as other visitors use the touch pad. — Susan Dunne, courant.com, "Tailor-made for Instagram, ‘Van Gogh for All’ exhibit lets you climb inside his most famous paintings," 20 Aug. 2019 To clean screens, touch pads and exteriors, move a flat-weave microfiber cloth in an S pattern, starting from the top corner and zigzagging down to the bottom of the screen to avoid streaks and to cover larger areas, Maker says. — Helen Carefoot, Washington Post, "Your phone and laptop probably won’t make you sick (but you should still clean them)," 15 Aug. 2019 In addition to the finicky remote touch pad on the center console, the standard 8.0-inch display screen is now a touchscreen, which should help make things a bit more intuitive. — Joey Capparella, Car and Driver, "2020 Lexus RX Sharpens Its Look and Purports to Fix Its Infotainment Issues," 30 May 2019 To move an app, select its icon and press down on the remote’s touch pad. — J. D. Biersdorfer, New York Times, "Thawing a Frozen Apple TV App," 6 Feb. 2018 For example, during the Nex’s unveiling, the company showed the second display being used as a rear touch pad for gaming. — Sam Byford, The Verge, "Vivo’s new Nex has a second display and ‘Lunar Ring’ on the back," 11 Dec. 2018 The jury’s still out on a new controller that relies on a touch pad for navigation and other features, though. — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, "2019 Acura RDX review: Value, power drive SUV forward," 27 June 2018 The belt buckle mouse controller is gone, finally, and the touch pad is better to use while the car is in motion. — Robert Duffer, chicagotribune.com, "Review: 2018 Lexus LC 500 is both beauty and beast," 2 Oct. 2017 The center console houses a touch pad to control the 7-inch display screen. — Robert Duffer, chicagotribune.com, "Auto review: Mitsubishi shows signs of life with 2018 Eclipse Cross," 19 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'touch pad.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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