Hand-operated

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Operated or controlled manually, rather than by automatic, electronic or other means. not-comparable

    "All these level crossings have hand-operated gates, and are manned by crossing-keepers."

Adjective
  1. 1
    operated by hand wordnet

Synonyms

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non-automatic

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"Waldos, which are a kind of hand-operated robot--and are coming into vogue with surgeons--take their name from an early story of Heinlein's."

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