handset
verbEtymology From hand + set.
1
Media, Publishing, Typography To typeset by hand.
- handsetting type
handset
noun/ˈhæn(d)sɛt/
Etymology From hand + set.
1
The part of a landline telephone containing both receiver and transmitter (and sometimes dial), held in the hand.
- Helen hears the click of the handset at the other end of the line.2012, Hannah Richell, The Secrets of the Tides, →ISBN, page 459:
2
A mobile phone.
- 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.2003, Geoff Varrall, Roger Belcher, 3G Handset and Network Design, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 311:
3
A hand-held device for remote control of a piece of equipment.
- The locomotives can be driven from two positions in the cab or remotely from a radio control handset.2022 February 9, Ben Jones, “Batteries included for future shunters”, in RAIL, number 950, page 56:
- Related terms
- headset