pushpad

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

push +‎ pad

Noun[edit]

pushpad (plural pushpads)

  1. A pad that can be pushed to activate a device.
    • 1995, Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office: Patents, Volume 1180, Issue 1:
      A latch assembly for a fire door, the fire door having a pushpad for emergency exit, with the pushpad being connected to an extended rod to transfer motion of the pushpad to the latch assembly, []