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hand-operated

hand-operated adjective: operated or controlled manually, rather than by automatic, electronic or other means.

Adjective

hand-operated (not comparable)

  1. Operated or controlled manually, rather than by automatic, electronic or other means.
    • All these level crossings have hand-operated gates, and are manned by crossing-keepers.1951 September, B. D. J. Walsh, “The Sudbury and Haverhill Line, Eastern Region”, in Railway Magazine, page 619
    • The two outside roads have one ton transporter hand-operated cranes, but there is provision for the installation of cranes on the inner roads also.1960 December, “New G.E. Line diesel loco maintenance depot at Stratford”, in Trains Illustrated, page 766

hand-operated meaning in Tamil

hand-operated in Tamil

கையால் இயங்கக்கூடிய

Questions about hand-operated

What does hand-operated mean?
Hand-operated means operated or controlled manually, rather than by automatic, electronic or other means.
What is hand-operated in Tamil?
Hand-operated in Tamil is கையால் இயங்கக்கூடிய. See Hand-operated meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is hand-operated?
Hand-operated is an adjective.

Words near hand-operated in the dictionary

  1. hand-me-ons
  2. hand-nail
  3. hand-nails
  4. hand-off
  5. hand-offs
  6. hand-operated
  7. hand-out
  8. hand-outs
  9. hand-over
  10. hand-overs
  11. hand-painted

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