кнопка — meaning in English

English meaning

• button noun A small disc sewn onto clothing and pushed through a hole to fasten it.
• key noun A shaped piece of metal used to open or lock a particular lock.
• tack noun A short nail with a broad, flat head.

Senses

кнопка is used for these senses in English:

• button (clothing) A knob or disc that is passed through a loop or (buttonhole), serving as a fastener. [from mid-13th c.]
• button A mechanical device designed to be pressed with a finger in order to open or close an electric circuit or to activate a mechanism.
• button (graphical user interface) An on-screen control that can be selected as an activator of an attached function.
• button (botany) A bud.
• button (lutherie) In an instrument of the violin family, the near-semicircular shape extending from the top of the back plate of the instrument, meeting the heel of the neck.
• key (computing) One of several small, usually square buttons on a typewriter or computer keyboard, mostly corresponding to text characters.
• push-button An electrical switch activated by pressing a button.
• snap fastener a pair of male/female interlocking disks used to fasten a piece of clothing in place of buttons

button — full definition

1. noun A small disc sewn onto clothing and pushed through a hole to fasten it.
2. noun A small device pressed with a finger to operate a machine, switch, or on-screen control.
3. noun A small pin-on badge worn on clothing.
4. verb To fasten with buttons.

key — full definition

1. noun A shaped piece of metal used to open or lock a particular lock.
2. noun The single most important factor or step needed to achieve something.
3. noun One of the buttons pressed to type on a keyboard or play a musical instrument.
4. noun A short guide listing what the symbols, colours, or abbreviations on a map, chart, or test mean.
5. noun In music, the set of related notes a piece is built around, giving it its overall tonal centre.

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