DIAL

Dial

A dial is generally a flat surface, circular or rectangular, with numbers or similar markings on it, used for displaying the setting or output of a timepiece, radio, clock, watch, or measuring instrument. There are many instruments used in scientific and industrial applications that use dials with pointers as indicators of a specific physical property. Typical examples include pressure and vacuum gages, fluid-level gages, voltmeters and ammeters, thermometers and hygrometers, speedometers and tachometers, and indicators .

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dial

Noun

  1. A graduated, circular scale over which a needle moves to show a measurement (such as speed).
  2. A clock face.
  3. A sundial.
  4. A panel on a radio etc showing wavelengths or channels; a knob that is turned to change the wavelength etc.
  5. A disk with finger holes on a telephone; used to select the number to be called.
  6. A person's face.
  7. A miner's compass.

Verb

  1. To measure or indicate something with a dial.
  2. To control or select something with a dial
  3. To select a number, or to call someone, on a telephone.
  4. To use a dial or a telephone.


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