hand-held

British  

adjective

1. held in position by the hand

2. (of a film camera) held rather than mounted, as in close-up action shots

3. (of an electronic device) able to be held in the hand and not requiring connection to a fixed power source

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noun

1. a computer that can be held in the hand

Example Sentences

Most of all the iPod led Jobs to consider a future where Apple did not merely make personal computers but also produced small, hand-held devices.

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Over the next 30 years, the company would release several new game systems, including the Game Boy hand-held system, the Wii and the Switch.

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The central actor here is Texas Instruments, the electronics firm best-known for its hand-held calculators.

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Two of the dots were manipulated by players using hand-held controllers, the third by the system itself.

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As is their style, the Dardennes capture all of this with frank realism that relies heavily on available light, hand-held cameras, location shoots, and actors who look like real people.

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