hand-held
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3.7
- adjective
- /ˈhændˌhɛld/
:
de mano
- The teachers in our project used both spell-checking software on the computer and hand-held spelling checkers.
- hand-held device
- hand-held probe
- hand-held camera
Examples
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Sorby (1999) further identifies that providing students with hand-held models is useful in the development of spatial skills.
Academic text (2012) -
The Internet and instant messaging are served by satellite transmissions in a tiny, hand-held package.
Academic text (2006) -
Just give 'em a hand-held camera with a zoom lens.
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The officer had a hand-held radio, and he was talking alternately into it and the phone.
Fiction book (1994) -
Our preference would be to use a hand-held device as it is more comfortable in most surgeons' hands.
Academic text (1995) -
While Trout made visual checks, Austin kept in touch with the guards with a hand-held radio.
Fiction book (1999) -
As you can see, this lightweight hand-held control unit enables you to direct my movements, while simultaneously operating the various weapons systems either in manual or full automatic mode.
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The captain's hand-held GPS could be switched to either the Q-Code or the P-Code.
Fiction book (1994) -
A small, dark-haired woman, perhaps mid-twenties, was standing amidst the crowd with a hand-held digital recorder and microphone.
Academic text (2004) -
She carried a hand-held vacuum cleaner that made cleaning the car much easier.
Synonyms
5
3.4
Small and light enough to hold and use with one hand
Antonyms
How Portable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Hand-held comes from the simple parts hand + held, literally meaning 'held in the hand'. So a hand-held device is small and light enough to be used while you hold it.