All 13 Uses
console
in
The Hunt for Red October
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- "Death is virtually instantaneous—but also it is quite painless," the doctor added consolingly.
Chpt 1. *consolingly = in a manner meant to be emotionally comforting
- Chief Franklin's console received data from a string of sensors planted off the coast of Iceland.
Chpt 4. *console = computer monitor
- There were six wide rows of consoles, each with its own TV screen and typewriter keyboard supplemented by lighted plastic buttons, dials, headphone jacks, and analog and digital controls.†
Chpt 4.
- Senior Chief Oceanographic Technician Deke Franklin was seated at console fifteen.†
Chpt 4.
- The men at the consoles and the computers were linked electronically by satellite and landline to the SOSUS system.†
Chpt 4.
- Franklin found Quentin at his command station, where he could tap into any console on the floor.†
Chpt 4.
- Tyler was sitting at a control console.†
Chpt 8.
- Tyler walked over to the sergeant's console.†
Chpt 8.
- The sergeant laid a ten-dollar bill on the top of the console.†
Chpt 8.
- Have to return to the barn," the Orion's tactical coordinator reported, stretching after ten hours at his control console.†
Chpt 8.
- His head struck an instrument console.†
Chpt 8.
- "PK EST 1 HOUR—RUN," he typed into his computer console.†
Chpt 10.
- His neighbor at the next console was watching data from a geosynchronous weather satellite that monitored the Western Hemisphere.†
Chpt 16.
Definitions:
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(1)
(console as in: console her grief) to comfort (emotionally)
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(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
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(3)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) More rarely, console can refer to a storage compartment between the bucket seats of a car.