Science Fair Project Dictionary
Button
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /'bʌtən/
Noun
button
- A fastener consisting of a knob that is passed through a slit in the adjacent material.
- A mechanical device meant to be pressed with a finger in order to open or close an electric circuit or to activate a mechanism.
- A software item which can be selected as an activator of an attatched function.
- A badge worn on clothes, fixed with a pin through the fabric.
Translations
- Dutch: knop m (2), badge f (3)
- Finnish: painike (2), nappi (3)
- French: bouton m (2), badge m (3)
- Indonesian: kancing, tombol
- Japanese: ボタン (botan)
- Korean: 단추 (danchu) (2,3), 버튼 (2)
- Portuguese: botão m (2)
- Swedish: knapp (2), pin (3), brosch (3), märkesnål (3)
Related terms
- buttonhole
- panic button
Transitive verb
button
- To fasten with a button.
Related terms
- button one's lip
- button up
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