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

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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He compared it to Apple’s most infamous product failure, the Newton hand-held computer.

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During the Christchurch mosque shootings in 2019, an Afghan refugee threw a hand-held credit card machine at the shooter to give congregants more time to hide.

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With a camera tracking their motion, users control the Playground not with a hand-held controller but their own hands and movements.

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