console
nounEtymology
Borrowed from French console (“bracket”, noun), from consoler (“to console, to comfort”, verb). Sense of “bracket” either due to a bracket alleviating the load, or due to brackets being decorated with the Christian figure of a consolateur (“consoler”), itself perhaps a pun on the first sense (alleviating load). Originally used for the bracket itself, then for wall-mounted tables (mounted with a bracket), then for free-standing tables placed against a wall. Use for control system dates at least to 1880s for an “organ console”; use for electrical or electronic control systems dates at least to 1930s in radio, television, and system control, particularly as “mixer console” or “control console”, attached to an equipment rack. This was popularized in computers by mainframes such as the IBM 704 (1954) in terms such as “operator’s console” or “console typewriter”, and then generalized to any attached equipment, particularly for user interaction. The automotive sense harks back to earlier use as “support”.
Definitions
A stand-alone cabinet designed to stand on the floor
A stand-alone cabinet designed to stand on the floor; especially, one integrated with home entertainment equipment, such as a TV or stereo system.
- The film's music blared from the console.
A desk-like cabinet, table, or stand upon which controls, instruments, and displays are…
A desk-like cabinet, table, or stand upon which controls, instruments, and displays are mounted.
An instrument with displays and an input device that is used to monitor and control an…
An instrument with displays and an input device that is used to monitor and control an electronic system.
- The operating console of the new Glasgow Central cabin is divided into four sections, each at an angle to each other and each of which is normally under one signalman's control; [...]
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A storage tray or container mounted between the seats of an automobile.
- Could you put my phone in the centre console?
An ornamental member jutting out of a wall to carry a superincumbent weight, often…
An ornamental member jutting out of a wall to carry a superincumbent weight, often S-shaped.
A cantilever.
A decorative frame or support (in architecture, drawings, etc) around a heraldic shield.
- On an attractive console with two winged putti as supporters [...] is a marriage coat of arms : Dexter, the Paoli arms : Gules (base), a bend azure charged with five lilies gules, and or (chief); Sinister, the[…]
- The only authentic reference for the tincture of the shield still in existence is the armorial console in Jacques Coeur's chapel[…]
To comfort (someone) in a time of grief, disappointment, etc.
- However, she contained herself as best she might, consoled by the reflection that her reasoning had been justified by events.
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Derived
center console, centre console, console converter, console game, consolelike, console radio, console steel guitar, console steel guitarist, console table, consolette, consolitis, consolization, consolized, game console, games console, gaming console, handheld console, home console, microconsole, mixing console, multiconsole, organ console, subconsole, videogame console, video-game console, video games console
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at console. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at console. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
9 hops · closes at console
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA