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hand-held
(redirected from hand-helds)

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hand-held also hand·held (hndhld)
adj.
Compact enough to be used or operated while being held in the hand or hands: a hand-held video camera.

hand-held n.

hand-held
adj
1. (Performing Arts) held in position by the hand
2. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Photography) (of a film camera) held rather than mounted, as in close-up action shots
3. (Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) (of a computer) able to be held in the hand and not requiring connection to a fixed power source
n
(Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) a computer that can be held in the hand
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.hand-held - small and light enough to be operated while you hold it in your hands; "a hand-held computer"

hand-held
adjective portable, pocket, mini, miniature, palm-top keying in the details on a hand-held computer
Translations
hand-held [ˈhændheld] ADJde mano; (= portable) → portátil
hand-held [ˈhændˈhɛld] adja mano
hand-held [ˈhændˈhɛld] adja mano


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Industry analysts believe that the entry of YouTube into the mobile phone arena will supply more momentum for the nation's roughly 220 million phone users to look to their hand-helds for information and entertainment.
The department's current system uses the hand-helds as dumb terminals that can access and read data but not store it.
The difference this time is that expectations for what hand-helds can do have been scaled back.
 
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