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dial
/ˈdaɪ.əl/
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What does dial mean?
noun
- A graduated, circular scale over which a needle moves to show a measurement (such as speed).
- Such a field as part of a clock face; (metonymic) the entire clock face.
- A sundial.
More meanings (10)
noun
- A panel on a radio etc showing wavelengths or channels; a knob that is turned to change the wavelength etc.
- A disk with finger holes on a telephone; used to select the number to be called.
- (slang) A person's face.
- A miner's compass.
verb
- To control or select something with a dial, or (figuratively) as if with a dial.
- To select a number, or to call someone, on a telephone, regardless of whether a physical dial is present.
- To use a dial or a telephone.
- To initiate a connection to a remote computer service such as a database.
- (dated) To use a dial-up modem to connect a personal computer to the Internet.
proper noun
- A surname.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈdaɪ.əl/
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Drawing a cunningly wrought key from his pocket-pouch, he removed the cover of the right-hand dial of the controlling destination compass.
It is only when the shadow is not there, when the clouds of winter cover it, that the dial is terrible.
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As for aging, why, the dial of my life was turned back till my friends all said, "Slocum is young again."
He informs us that the clock is made of wood throughout, excepting the escapement and the dial, which are made of brass.
The dial on the front of the instrument is intended to indicate the exact amount of physical expansion or contraction of the strip.