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(kən-sōl') pronunciation
tr.v., -soled, -sol·ing, -soles.
To allay the sorrow or grief of. See synonyms at comfort.

[French consoler, from Old French, from Latin cōnsōlārī : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + sōlārī, to comfort.]

consolable con·sol'a·ble adj.
consolatory con·so'la·to'ry (-sō'lə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē, -sŏl'ə-) adj.
consoler con·sol'er n.
consolingly con·sol'ing·ly adv.

con·sole2 (kŏn'sōl') pronunciation
n.
    1. A cabinet for a radio, television set, or phonograph, designed to stand on the floor.
    2. A small freestanding storage cabinet.
  1. Music. The desklike part of an organ that contains the keyboard, stops, and pedals.
    1. A central control panel for a mechanical, electrical, or electronic system.
    2. An instrument panel.
  2. The portion of a computer or peripheral that houses the apparatus used to operate the machine manually and provides a means of communication between the computer operator and the central processing unit, often in the form of a keyboard.
  3. A small storage compartment mounted between bucket seats in an automobile.
  4. An often scroll-shaped bracket used for decoration or for supporting a projecting member, such as a cornice or shelf.
  5. A console table.

[French, perhaps short for consolider, to strengthen, from Latin cōnsolidāre. See consolidate.]


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1. Console is pronounced with stress on the first syllable as a noun (= panel, cabinet, etc.), and on the second syllable as a verb (= 'to comfort'). The words have different origins: the noun from Latin solidus 'solid' (cf. consolidate) and the verb from Latin solari 'to soothe'.

2. The verb console means 'to comfort' and takes an object or can be used absolutely:
David has us to console him—A. Price, 1976
Always ready to comfort and console—N. Grainger, 2004.
It should not be confused with the less common word condole, which means 'to express sympathy', and is followed by with:
The priest came to condole with Madeleine—Michele Roberts, 1993.

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(1) The physical control panel on a computer or electronic device.

(2) A terminal or desktop computer used to monitor and control a network.

(3) Any display terminal.

(4) The software user interface to any monitoring, management or control system. See Microsoft Management Console, HMI and OI.

(5) A game machine. See video game console.

Consoles that Were Consoles!
Up until the late 1970s, computers were designed with panels of blinking lights, which added to their aura of science fiction. The designs gave each computer a personality that is lacking in many of today's machines. (Top image courtesy of The Computer Museum History Center. Bottom image courtesy of Unisys Corporation.)

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Stationary control panel utilized by the technical staff of recording and sound engineers. The console houses all the switches, levers, and buttons that control the electronic equipment being used in a studio, as well as television screens that display the picture transmitted from each and all cameras being used on a shoot .

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verb

    To give hope to in time of grief or pain: comfort, solace, soothe. See help/harm/harmless.


v

Definition: relieve, comfort
Antonyms: agitate, annoy, antagonize, depress, discourage, dispirit, disturb, hurt, sadden, trouble, upset

1. The operator's station of a mainframe. In times past, this was a privileged location that conveyed godlike powers to anyone with fingers on its keys. Under Unix and other modern timesharing OSes, such privileges are guarded by passwords instead, and the console is just the tty the system was booted from. Some of the mystique remains, however, and it is traditional for sysadmins to post urgent messages to all users from the console (on Unix, /dev/console).

2. On microcomputer Unix boxes, the main screen and keyboard (as opposed to character-only terminals talking to a serial port). Typically only the console can do real graphics or run X.


The desk from which an organ is played comprising keyboards, pedal, stop-knobs, switches etc (for illustration, See ORGAN).




1. A decorative bracket in the form of a vertical scroll, projecting from a wall to support a cornice, a door or window head, a piece of sculpture, etc.; an ancon.
2. The cabinet from which an organ is played, including the keyboards, pedals, stops, etc.
3. A panel control desk or cabinet containing dials, meters, switches, and other apparatus for controlling mechanical, hydro-mechanical, or electrical equipment.

console, 1


(DOD, NATO) A grouping of controls, indicators, and similar electronic or mechanical equipment, used to monitor readiness of, and/or control specific functions of, a system, such as missile checkout, countdown, or launch operations.

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IN BRIEF: To offer comfort or aid in an attempt to lessen sadness or trouble.

pronunciation Pete did his best to console his wife after she lost her job.

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i. That portion of aircraft cockpit in which many of the operating controls are located. The control console is normally in the form of a pedestal, which extends out from the instrument panel between the pilot’s and the co-pilot’s seats.

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ii. In radar, this refers to radarscope as in a controller’s console.
iii. A control station for any major device or system. Normally, such a console is for the seated.
iv. A control station as in the instructor’s console in a simulator.

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Console may refer to:

Computing and video games

Music

Other

See also

  • Consols for a British government financial bond type
  • Konsole for a computer terminal emulator program for the K Desktop Environment

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
v. tr. - trøste

2.
n. - kontrolbord, styrepanel, skab, spillebord, konsol

Nederlands (Dutch)
troosten, kast voor tv/radio etc., console, bedieningspaneel, kast met toetsenbord, pedalen etc. van orgel

Français (French)
1.
v. tr. - consoler (avec), consoler (qn de qch)

2.
n. - console, meuble (hi-fi), (Archit, gén) console

Deutsch (German)
1.
v. - trösten

2.
n. - Spieltisch, Schrank, Truhe, Konsole

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - παρηγορώ, ανακουφίζω τη λύπη
n. - κονσόλα, χειριστήριο, (αρχιτ.) αγκώνας, φουρούσι

Italiano (Italian)
consolare, console, tastiera

Português (Portuguese)
v. - consolar
n. - consolo (m)

Русский (Russian)
утешать, консоль, пульт управления

Español (Spanish)
1.
v. tr. - consolar, reconfortar

2.
n. - consola

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - trösta
n. - konsol, framspringande stöd, manöverbord, spelbord till orgel

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 安慰, 慰问, 抚慰

2. 操纵台, 演奏台, 操作桌, 落地式收音机

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 操縱臺, 演奏台, 操作桌, 落地式收音機

2.
v. tr. - 安慰, 慰問, 撫慰

한국어 (Korean)
1.
v. tr. - 위로하다

2.
n. - 소용돌이꼴 까치발, (파이프 오르간의) 연주대, 컴퓨터의 조종대 및 제어탁자

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 慰める
n. - 演奏台, コンソール型キャビネット, 制御卓, コンソール

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) واسى, عزى, سلى (الاسم) خزانه للتلفزيون ألخ, لوحه مفاتيح السيارة أو آله موسيقيه كالأورغ‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮ניחם, עודד‬
n. - ‮לוח-בקרה, משען (למדף), תיבת רדיו, תיבת טלוויזיה, מצג של מחשב‬


 
 

 

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