handset

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English

Handset

Etymology

From hand +‎ set.

Pronunciation

Noun

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handset (plural handsets)

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.

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Verb

handset (third-person singular simple present handsets, present participle handsetting, simple past and past participle handset)

  1. (typography) To typeset by hand.
    handsetting type

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