dial
Noun · VerbOpen English WordNet
Verb (2)dialled, dialling, dials, dialed, dialing
Noun (4)dials
- the face of a timepiece; graduated to show the hoursType of facePart of timepiece, timekeeper
- the control on a radio or television set that is used for tuningType of control, controller
- the circular graduated indicator on various measuring instrumentsType of indicator
- a disc on a telephone that is rotated a fixed distance for each number calledSynonyms: telephone dialType of selector, selector switchPart of dial telephone, dial phoneParts finger hole
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Translations
Noun disk with finger holes on a telephone
- Spanish
- dial
- French
- cadran
- German
- Wählscheibe
- Russian
- диск disk
- Chinese
- 拨号盘 bōhàopán
- Japanese
- ダイヤル daiyaru
- Swedish
- nummerskiva
- Korean
- 다이얼 daieol
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 撥號盤 bōhàopán
- Esperanto
- ciferplato
2 more languages
- Finnish
- valintalevy
- Hebrew
- חוּגָה khugá
Verb to dial a phone number
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: LL. dialis daily, fr. L. dies day. See Deity.
1. 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. The graduated face of a timepiece, on which the time of day is shown by pointers or hands.
3. A miner's compass.
Dial bird Zoology, an Indian bird (Copsychus saularius), allied to the European robin. The name is also given to other related species. — Dial lock, a lock provided with one or more plates having numbers or letters upon them. These plates must be adjusted in a certain determined way before the lock can be operated. — Dial plate, the plane or disk of a dial or timepiece on which lines and figures for indicating the time are placed.
1. To measure with a dial.
Hours of that true time which is dialed in heaven.— Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd
2. Mining To survey with a dial. Raymond, Rossiter Worthington
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54