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• a variation of handheld.

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

In Spain and neighbouring Portugal, people swarmed beaches in giant crowds, braved the streets clutching hand-held fans or used umbrellas to shield themselves from the sun as the weekend turned scorchingly hot.

From Barron's • Jun. 21, 2026

Researchers have uncovered the oldest known hand-held wooden tools ever discovered, offering new insight into the skills and behavior of early humans nearly half a million years ago.

From Science Daily • May 24, 2026

Productivity makes hand-held scanners and other devices, competing with Zebra Technologies and others.

From Barron's • Apr. 20, 2026

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.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

Then I saw a team of security people, standing by the barriers, checking hand luggage, sweeping people with hand-held explosives-detectors, like they do at airports and at the London Eye.

From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd