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The New Oxford American Dictionary
Oxford American Thesaurus of Current English

ELECTRONIC DICTIONARY

OPERATION MANUAL

MODEL

PW-E350

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• Getting Started ............................................................................ 2

• Using the

New Oxford American Dictionary ............................ 14

• Using the

Oxford American Thesaurus of Current English .... 18

• Using the Super jump function ................................................ 20

• Using the History function ....................................................... 22

• Using the Calculator function .................................................. 23

• Using the Converter function ................................................... 24

• Appendices .............................................................................. 26

• Introductions to the Dictionaries .............................................. 29

• Product Support ....................................................................... 44

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Page 1: ...he New Oxford American Dictionary 14 Using the Oxford American Thesaurus of Current English 18 Using the Super jump function 20 Using the History function 22 Using the Calculator function 23 Using the Converter function 24 Appendices 26 Introductions to the Dictionaries 29 Product Support 44 07 09 2004 15 51 ...

Page 2: ...egistered trademark of Oxford University Press in the UK and in certain other countries All company and or product names are trademarks and or registered trademarks of their respective holders FOR YOUR RECORDS For your assistance in reporting this product in case of loss or theft please record the model number and serial number located on the bottom of the unit below Please retain this information...

Page 3: ...onverter 24 Metric converter 25 Appendices Replacing the battery 26 Reset procedure if trouble occurs 27 Specifications 27 Troubleshooting 28 Introductions to the Dictionaries The New Oxford American Dictionary 29 Oxford American Thesaurus of Current English 41 Product Support 44 07 09 2004 15 51 ...

Page 4: ...switch is placed at the NORMAL OPERATION position then press o again If the power still cannot be switched on try following steps 1 through 6 in the above procedure again 7 Adjust the LCD contrast by using and press e The key sound on off screen will appear 8 Select Y or N to turn the key sound on off The main menu screen will appear The LCD contrast and the key sound settings can be adjusted late...

Page 5: ...ction The appropriate key function will be shown according to the input status Example 1 will be shown as either Q 1 or 1 depending on the input status Example 2 will be shown as either G or depending on the input status The functions indicated with green typeface are second functions Press and release then press an appropriate key Example 1 l directs to press and release then press l f w directs ...

Page 6: ... ations have are cases ave been Note For information on the contents of the dictionaries see Introductions on pages 29 42 This product does not contain most of the appendix data including the preface etc found in the book version The product does not contain illustrations and photographs found in the book version 07 09 2004 15 51 ...

Page 7: ...5 Clear key Font size shift key Page scroll key Back space key Cursor keys Enter key Dictionary function selection key Display 07 09 2004 15 51 ...

Page 8: ...roll up down per text row Press to scroll up down per visible window Note In this manual symbols are not shown in the display examples Certain symbols may appear on the display only when the LCD contrast is set to dark Please ignore these symbols as they are not used by this product Operation guidance message A brief guidance message may appear at the bottom of the screen to help you utilise funct...

Page 9: ... the main menu Press m The main menu appears Select an item by its index number using the number keys 1 through 3 The initial screen of the selected item appears The desired item can also be selected by using the keys followed by pressing the e key 07 09 2004 15 51 ...

Page 10: ...ng each entry Use to place the cursor indicated as on the left of the listed items at the desired entry then press e The detailed view of the entry appears Scrolling the view Refer to the section Scrolling the view in the previous section List view selecting an item scrolling ch item or by pressing more w press 07 09 2004 15 51 ...

Page 11: ...setting will be retained until the next time z is pressed The z key is functional in the following views The list view detailed view filter search view or Quick view of each Dictionary The Super jump window The contents of the Note The character size setting is saved for each dictionary in both the list view including filter search view and Quick view and the detail view Recalling the terms previo...

Page 12: ...ss e to view the contents To exit press f twice The first push of the f key closes the contents view then the second deselects the icon Example Browse the Note contents of earth in the New Oxford American Dictionary 1 Open the detailed view of earth The symbol in front of earth means that the word has a Note 2 Use the key or key to scroll down the view so that a Note icon will be visible 3 Press r...

Page 13: ...tting Note To delete the history list see page 22 Setting the key sound on off The key sound a short audible beep when a key is pressed can be set to on or off 1 Press m 3 then 1 to toggle the key sound on or off A splash message appears to indicate the change of setting then the main menu will be displayed 07 09 2004 15 51 ...

Page 14: ...le example of inputting characters is shown below Example Enter a word clear for search 1 Press d to open the input screen of the New Oxford American Dictionary 2 Type clear On the keyboard press C L E A then R Note To enter accented characters enter their unaccented equivalent For characters such as ü and à enter u and a While entering characters exclude characters such as spaces hyphens apostrop...

Page 15: ... is at the end of the string press three times to delete nal 4 Next press three times to move the cursor under the letter t 5 Press once to delete a character on the left of cursor x will be deleted Adding characters Example 6 In the above example press N to insert a letter n on the left of the cursor The search will be narrowed with the word enter Note Press b to delete all characters entered 07 ...

Page 16: ...ces hyphens apostrophes slashes and periods See page 12 for details Note The wildcard character must not be entered in the input field of the Dictionary The wildcard character can be used in the Crossword solver see page 15 Up to 24 characters can be entered in the input field of the Dictionary When searching words containing 25 characters or more narrow down the search to select the words from th...

Page 17: ...r then press e The Crossword solver s input screen appears 2 Type ma n into the input field Press the key three times to enter 3 Press e to start the search A list of the wildcard matches appear Up to 100 words may be displayed in the list 4 In the list select a desired word using the number keys The detailed view with definitions of the selected word appears Press f to return to the previous view...

Page 18: ...the spellcheck function Words with similar spellings will be listed While Searching Press ENTER to break is visible press e to stop the search Note that if the search is interrupted the list of possible results may not include all the closest matches If the word is typed with the correct spelling it will appear at the top of the displayed list If two or more words with an identical spelling are fo...

Page 19: ...17 ed view with as a be displayed d the desired ican mplete than played you may wish n on pages 07 09 2004 15 51 ...

Page 20: ...ring characters exclude characters such as spaces hyphens apostrophes slashes and periods See page 12 for details Note Up to 24 characters can be entered in the input field When searching words containing 25 characters or more narrow down the search to select the words from the list manually Browsing Notes When the icons appear in the detailed view a note can be selected and browsed For details re...

Page 21: ...19 in the input for English ss e omentarily be e detailed ds r press b Further information For further information on using this thesaurus refer to the Introduction on pages 41 42 07 09 2004 15 51 ...

Page 22: ... word is displayed in the Super jump window Press f to go back to the previous view When and or appears on the left side of the window or can be used to scroll the window 6 Press e to jump to the definition of the selected word The detailed view of the selected word appears Press f to display the previous view Note A Super jump search from any of the dictionaries will return matching entries in th...

Page 23: ...21 to specify the and e detailed view creen 0 times by 07 09 2004 15 51 ...

Page 24: ... The selected word or phrase is deleted Deleting the history list of a Dictionary 1 Press m then 3 to open the Set up menu 2 Press 4 to select Deleting history 3 Use the number keys to select the history list you wish to delete A confirmation dialog for deletion appears To delete all history lists select ALL Selecting only DICT or only THES will also delete the history list of each phrase search 4...

Page 25: ...l 135 12 14 12 14 5 123456789098 145 Operation 24 4 2 34 57 The second figure 57 45 becomes the constant Subtraction and division are performed in the same way as above 68 25 The first figure 68 40 becomes the constant 200 10 9 36 200 10 500 20 4 8 25 5 84 3 68 17 12 14 135 5 b 123456789098 145 Display 8 91 102 1 700 2 720 20 25 220 400 4 096 0 125 M 125 M 28 M 85 M 182 M 26 M 3 510 M 5 2 0 E 17 9...

Page 26: ...an be entered in the currency rate input field 4 Press e The currency name and its rate are set Converting currencies The conversion calculation can be performed using the previously set conversion rate Example Convert C 175 to US when setting the rate US 1 C 0 7 1 Press k 1 to display the currency converter 2 Input 175 You may input a simple formula such as 35 5 instead 3 Press to execute the con...

Page 27: ...ted The following conversion formulae can be utilised length1 inch cm length2 feet m length3 yard m length4 mile km weight1 ounce g weight2 pound kg temperature F C volume1 pint liter volume2 gallon US liter volume3 gallon UK liter surface area1 mile2 km2 surface area2 acre hectare 07 09 2004 15 51 ...

Page 28: ...nt switch located on the bottom of the unit to the REPLACE BATTERY position 3 Remove the battery cover 4 Remove the used battery and insert the one new battery Make sure the battery polarity is correctly oriented 5 Replace the battery cover 6 Set the battery replacement switch to the NORMAL OPERATION position 7 Open the unit and press o to turn the power on The LCD contrast screen appears If the p...

Page 29: ...n 12 digit calculation of addition subtraction multiplication division percentage memory calculation etc Converter function 12 digit conversion of currency and measurement Power consumption 0 11 W Operating temperature 0 C 40 C 32 F 104 F Power supply 1 5 V DC Alkaline battery LR03 size AAA 1 Battery life Approx 200 hours If data is continuously displayed at 25 C 77 F Note May vary according to va...

Page 30: ...MAL the See page e Auto al form 04 7 29 4 29 PM ...

Page 31: ...d by research on and analysis of American and World English through corpora language databanks and citation databases The core meaning is the one that represents the most literal sense that the word has in ordinary modern American usage This is not necessar ily the same as the oldest meaning because word meanings change over time Nor is it necessarily the most frequent meaning because figurative s...

Page 32: ...Medicine Psychiatry the treatment or control of diseases injuries or disorders or the care of patients who suffer from them EXAMPLE the use of combination chemotherapy in the management of breast cancer HEADWORD mandarin CORE SENSE an official in any of the nine top grades of the former imperial Chinese civil service SUBSENSE a powerful official or senior bureaucrat esp one perceived as reactionar...

Page 33: ...rge dictionary The New Oxford American Dictionary includes all those terms forming part of the enduring common knowledge of English speakers regardless of whether they are classified as words or names The information given is the kind of information that people are likely to need from a dictionary however that information may traditionally be classified Both the style of definitions in the New Oxf...

Page 34: ... headword often called collective nouns because they typically denote groups of people considered collectively e g the staff are committed to this policy or the staff is trying to gag its critics in sing used to mark a noun that is used as a count noun but is never or rarely found in the plural e g ear in an ear for rhythm Terms relating to verbs trans used to mark a verb that is transitive i e ta...

Page 35: ...rtant enough to be given special treatment in the dictionary Recent research has focused on identifying combinations that are not merely frequent but also statistically significant In the Oxford databank the two words end the occur frequently together but they do not form a statistically significant unit since the word the is the most common in the language The combinations end up and end in on th...

Page 36: ...rs everywhere and many issues are hotly debated In the New Oxford American Dictionary traditional issues have been reappraised and guidance is given on various points old and new The aim is to help people to use the language more accurately more clearly and more elegantly and to give information and offer reassurance in the face of some of the more baffling assertions about correctness that are so...

Page 37: ...ctice or artifact that is no longer part of the modern world literary found only or mainly in literature written in an elevated style poetic found only or mainly in poetry technical normally used only in technical and specialist language though not necessarily restricted to any specific subject field rare not in normal use humorous used with the intention of sounding funny or playful dialect not u...

Page 38: ...cular through the influence of the works of Shakespeare and the Authorized Version of the Bible However in the two centuries between Chaucer and Shakespeare English pronunciation had undergone huge changes but spelling had failed to follow In the 18th century standard spelling became almost completely fixed The dictionaries written in this period particularly Samuel Johnson s Dictionary of the Eng...

Page 39: ...hyphenated than ordinary noun or adjective compounds e g epoch making Inflection Compared with other languages English has comparatively few inflections and those that exist are remarkably regular We add an s to most nouns to make a plural we add ed to most verbs to make a past tense or a past participle and ing to make a present participle Occasionally a difficulty arises for example a single con...

Page 40: ... g hot hotter hottest two syllable adjectives that form the comparative and superlative with er and est typically adjectives ending in y and their negative forms e g happy happier happiest unhappy unhappier unhappiest Syllabification In the New Oxford American Dictionary syllable breaks are shown for main entries and derivatives Although all possible breaks are shown there are some conven tions th...

Page 41: ... mows coward kow rd p as in put poo t cap kæp r as in run r n fur f r spirit spirit s as in sit sit lesson les n face fa s SH as in shut SH t social so SH l action ækSH n t as in top täp seat se t t as in butter b t t r forty fôrt e bottle bät l TH as in thin THin truth troo TH T H as in then T H en father fäT H r v as in never nev r very vere w as in wait wa t quit kwit h w as in when h wen which...

Page 42: ...ants are so common and widespread as to be of equal status Variant pronunciations may be indicated by respelling only the part of the word that changes A hyphen will replace the part of the pronunciation that has remained the same These cutback respellings will occur primarily in three areas a where the headword has a variant pronunciation quasiparticle kwa zl pärt k l kwäze b in derivative forms ...

Page 43: ...eaning the different senses of the word are numbered In many instances example phrases followed by symbol indicate the particular sense and illustrate the use of the word In some cases two or more examples are given these are separated by a vertical bar For example contribute verb 1 contribute money time to the charity happy to contribute give donate hand out Note that a slash is used to separate ...

Page 44: ...ross reference to a main entry is indicated by capitals and is preceded by See Where necessary the part of speech and sense number are also given For example abasement noun humiliation belittlement lowering See ABASE alternate adjective 1 alternate weeks every other every second See ALTERNATIVE adjective 1 A cross reference to a subentry follows the same format but also includes the main entry giv...

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Page 46: ...nd Support http www sharpusa com PWE350 If you have read the electronic dictionary operation manual but you still require product support you can Call a SHARP Customer Assistance Center 630 378 3590 7am to 7pm CST M F Visit our Web Site http www sharpusa com Send an E mail pdasupport sharpsec com Write to our Customer Assistance Center SHARP Electronics Corp Customer Assistance Center Att WIZARD H...

Page 47: ...ctronic Dictionary Warranty Period for this One 1 year parts and labor from date of purchase Product Additional Items Excluded Any consumable items such as paper maintenance from Warranty Coverage cartridge ink cartridges supplied with the Product or to any equipment or any hardware software firmware fluorescent lamp power cords covers rubber parts or peripherals other than the Product Where to Ob...

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