handset
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Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
handset (plural handsets)
- The part of a landline telephone containing both receiver and transmitter (and sometimes dial), held in the hand.
- 2012, Hannah Richell, The Secrets of the Tides, →ISBN, page 459:
- Helen hears the click of the handset at the other end of the line.
- A mobile phone.
- 2003, Geoff Varrall, Roger Belcher, 3G Handset and Network Design, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 311:
- Similarly, the handset can see more than one base station. Because the positions (longitude and latitude) of the base stations/Node Bs are known, then either a Node B or handset can work out the handset’s position.
- A hand-held device for remote control of a piece of equipment.
- 2022 February 9, Ben Jones, “Batteries included for future shunters”, in RAIL, number 950, page 56:
- The locomotives can be driven from two positions in the cab or remotely from a radio control handset.
Translations edit
the part of a telephone containing both receiver and transmitter, held in the hand
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See also edit
Verb edit
handset (third-person singular simple present handsets, present participle handsetting, simple past and past participle handset)
- (typography) To typeset by hand.
- handsetting type
References edit
- “handset”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.