handsets

Noun

handset (plural handsets)

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

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