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dial
noun
1 dial
The face of a timepiece; graduated to show the hours.
Roget 114:
chronometry,
horometry†,
horology;
date,
epoch;
style,
era.
almanac,
calendar,
ephemeris;
register,
registry;
chronicle,
annals,
journal,
diary.
[Instruments for the measurement of time]
chronogram;
clock,
wall clock,
pendulum clock,
grandfather's clock,
cuckoo clock,
alarm clock,
clock radio;
watch,
wristwatch,
pocket watch,
stopwatch,
Swiss watch;
atomic clock,
digital clock,
analog clock,
quartz watch,
water clock;
chronometer,
chronoscope†,
chronograph;
repeater;
timekeeper,
timepiece;
dial,
sundial,
gnomon,
horologe,
pendulum,
hourglass,
clepsydra†;
ghurry†.
chronographer†,
chronologer,
chronologist,
timekeeper;
annalist.
calendar year,
leap year,
Julian calendar,
Gregorian calendar,
Chinese calendar,
Jewish calendar,
perpetual calendar,
Farmer's almanac,
fiscal year.
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Dutch: wijzerplaat
2 dial
The control on a radio or television set that is used for tuning.
Dutch: draaischijf, kiesschijf, nummerschijf
3 dial
The circular graduated indicator on various measuring instruments.
4 dial
A disc on a telephone that is rotated a fixed distance for each number called.
synonym: telephone dial.
Polish: tarcza numerowa, tarcza
verb
1 dial
Operate a dial to select a telephone number.
2 dial
Choose by means of a dial.
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