Usually means: Designed to be operated manually.
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We found 17 dictionaries that define the word hand-held:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. hand-held: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  2. hand-held, hand-held: Collins English Dictionary
  3. hand-held: Vocabulary.com
  4. Hand-Held, Hand-held, hand-held: Wordnik
  5. hand-held: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. hand-held: Wiktionary
  7. hand-held: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. hand-held: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. hand-held: Dictionary.com
  10. hand-held: Rhymezone
  11. hand-held: FreeDictionary.org
  12. hand-held: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. hand-held: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. hand-held: Computer Telephony & Electronics Dictionary and Glossary
  2. hand-held: Encyclopedia

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hand-held: Television: Critical Methods and Applications

(Note: See hand-helds as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Held in one or both hands.
adjective:  Small and light enough to be operated while held in one or both hands.
noun:  (computing) A personal digital assistant or video game console that is small enough to be held in the hands.

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