dial
IPA: dˈaɪʌɫ
noun
- A graduated, circular scale over which a needle moves to show a measurement (such as speed).
- A clock face.
- A sundial.
- 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.
- (UK, Australia, slang) A person's face.
- A miner's compass.
- A surname.
verb
- (transitive) To control or select something with a dial, or (figuratively) as if with a dial.
- (transitive) To select a number, or to call someone, on a telephone.
- (intransitive) To use a dial or a telephone.
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Examples of "dial" in Sentences
- They run along the rim of the dial.
- Its dial was in the base of the telephone.
- The dial proposes a model of the universe.
- Another oddity was the placement on the dial.
- The shutter speed dial surrounds the lensmount.
- They play the best selection of oldies on the dial.
- The shutter speed dial is at the hub of the wind on lever.
- On a telephone dial the comes next to the because in the telephone means.
- The film speed is set lifting and turning the rim of the shutter speed dial.
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