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Definition of Hand-held
1. Adjective. Small and light enough to be operated while you hold it in your hands. "A hand-held computer"
Definition of Hand-held
1. Adjective. Held in one or both hands. ¹
2. Adjective. Small and light enough to be operated while held in one or both hands. ¹
3. Noun. (computing) A personal digital assistant or video game console that is small enough to be held in the hands. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hand-held
Literary usage of Hand-held
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Our Wild Indians: Thirty-three Years Personal Experience Among the Red Men by Richard Irving Dodge (1884)
"Thumb of left, hand held upright, fingers closed, is held in front of face ...
Same, four fingers held up. FIFTEEN. Right hand held up, all digits extended. ..."
2. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"This and subsequent figures are stereo pairs and may be conveniently viewed with
the aid of a hand-held stereo viewer. Figure 2. The molecular packing in ..."
3. The Bible in Browning: With Particular Reference to The Ring and the Book by Minnie Gresham Machen (1903)
"... at the one hand held me, so I caught at it and thereby stepped to heaven."
— Bk. IIl, 1. 1343. OK So pays the devil his liegeman, brass for gold. ..."
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