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 Definitions of Dial  [ˈdaɪ əl, daɪl]  

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Definition of 'Dial' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) dial
a plate or disk on a clock, watch, or sundial, containing graduated markings or figures, upon which the time of day is indicated by hands, pointers, or shadows.

2.  dial
a plate or disk with markings or figures for indicating or registering some measurement or number, usu. by means of a pointer.

3.  dial
a rotatable plate, disk, or knob used for regulating a mechanism, making and breaking electrical connections, or the like, esp. one that tunes a radio or television.

4.  dial
a set of numbered and lettered push buttons on a telephone that perform the function of a rotary dial.

5.  dial
radio or television broadcasting:
a new personality on the morning dial.

6. (v.t.) dial
to indicate or register on or as if on a dial.

7.  dial
to measure with or as if with a dial.

8.  dial
to regulate or select by means of a dial.

9.  dial
to make a telephone call to.

10. (v.i.) dial
to dial a telephone.

11.  dial
to tune in or regulate by means of a dial.

Etymology:  (1400–50; late ME: sundial, presumably < ML diālis daily (L di(ēs) day +-ālis -al1))

Definition of 'Dial' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) dial
the face of a timepiece; graduated to show the hours

2. (noun) dial
the control on a radio or television set that is used for tuning

3. (noun) dial
the circular graduated indicator on various measuring instruments

4. (verb) dial, telephone dial
a disc on a telephone that is rotated a fixed distance for each number called

5. (verb) dial
operate a dial to select a telephone number
"You must take the receiver off the hook before you dial"

6. (verb) dial
choose by means of a dial
"dial a telephone number"


Definition of 'Dial' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) dial
a round control on a machine
Turn the dial to the left.

2.  dial
the round face of a clock or other measuring device
to read a dial

3. (verb) dial
to enter numbers on a telephone
I dialed the wrong number.


Definition of 'Dial' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Dial
an instrument, formerly much used for showing the time of day from the shadow of a style or gnomon on a graduated arc or surface; esp., a sundial; but there are lunar and astral dials. The style or gnomon is usually parallel to the earth's axis, but the dial plate may be either horizontal or vertical

2. (noun) Dial
the graduated face of a timepiece, on which the time of day is shown by pointers or hands

3. (noun) Dial
a miner's compass

4. (verb) Dial
to measure with a dial

5. (verb) Dial
to survey with a dial


Translation of 'Dial' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: the face of a watch or clock
My watch has a dial you can see in the dark.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: wyserplaat Arabic flag Arabic: ميناء (الساعَه) Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: циферблат
Brazilian flag Brazilian: mostrador Czech flag Czech: ciferník German flag German: das Zifferblatt
Danish flag Danish: urskive Greek flag Greek: πλάκα ρολογιού Spanish flag Spanish: esfera, carátula
Estonian flag Estonian: numbrilaud Farsi flag Farsi: صفحه نشانگر Finnish flag Finnish: kellotaulu
French flag French: cadran Hebrew flag Hebrew: לוּח הַשָׁעוֹן Hindi flag Hindi: डायल
Croatian flag Croatian: brojčanik sata Hungarian flag Hungarian: számlap Indonesian flag Indonesian: piringan
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Korean flag Korean: (시계의) 문자판 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: ciferblatas Latvian flag Latvian: ciparnīca
Malay flag Malay: permukaan jarum yang bole Dutch flag Dutch: wijzerplaat Norwegian flag Norwegian: urskive
Polish flag Polish: tarcza Persian flag Persian: صفحه نشانگر Pashto flag Pashto: دساعت مخ، لمونځ ساعت: څرګ
Portuguese flag Portuguese: mostrador Romanian flag Romanian: cadran Russian flag Russian: циферблат
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Swedish flag Swedish: urtavla Thai flag Thai: หน้าปัด Turkish flag Turkish: saat yüzü, kadran
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Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: mặt của đồng hồ Chinese flag Chinese: 表面,钟面

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