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handheld
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adjective
(= hand-held)
small and light enough to be operated while you hold it in your hands
a hand-held computer
scanner
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noun
someone who scans verse to determine the number and prosodic value of the syllables
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noun
a radio receiver that moves automatically across some selected range of frequencies looking for some signal or condition
they used scanners to monitor police radio channels
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noun
a radar dish that rotates or oscillates in order to scan a broad area
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noun
an electronic device that generates a digital representation of an image for data input to a computer