All 5 Uses

console
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White Noise, by Don DeLillo
(Edited)

I was inconsolable, withdrew completely into myself.
Part 1 *

inconsolable = too sad to be comforted

standard prefix: The prefix "in-" in inconsolable means not and reverses the meaning of consolable. This is the same pattern you see in words like invisible, incomplete, and insecure.
We drove to the state trooper barracks and talked to a female clerk who sat behind a computer console.
Part 1 *

console = video monitor
The inconsolable crying went on.
Part 1

inconsolable = too sad to be comforted

standard prefix: The prefix "in-" in inconsolable means not and reverses the meaning of consolable. This is the same pattern you see in words like invisible, incomplete, and insecure.
They took my samples away, sat me down at a computer console.
Part 3

console = video monitor
Someone sat typing at a console, transmitting a message to the machine that would make my body transparent.
Part 3

console = location of the controls for electrical equipment

Definitions:

(1) (console as in: console her grief)
to comfort (emotionally)
(2) (console as in: plug it into the console)
controls or video monitor(s) for electrical equipment; or a cabinet made to hold electronic equipment
(3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
More rarely, console can refer to a storage compartment between the bucket seats of a car.