dial /dīˈəl/

1. The face of a watch or clock
2. A graduated plate on which a movable index shows the value of some quantity measured, or can be set to make an adjustment (such as the temperature control of an oven, etc or the tuning device on a radio)
3. The numbered plate on an older type of telephone, and the movable disc fitted on top
4. A miner's compass with sights for surveying
5. A face (slang)
6. An instrument for showing the time of day by the sun's shadow (as in sundial)
7. A timepiece (obsolete)

1. To use a telephone dial or keypad to select (a telephone number)
2. To measure or indicate or get into communication with by dial

To use a telephone dial or keypad

dial-a- combining form

(also without hyphens) denoting goods and services available by telephone, as in dial-a-ride

diˈalist noun

1. A maker of dials
2. Someone skilled in dialling

diˈaller noun

1. One who dials
2. A person who surveys by dial

diˈalling noun

1. The art of constructing sundials
2. The science that explains the measuring of time by the sundial
3. Surveying by dial

dialling code noun

A group of numbers dialled to obtain the desired exchange in an automatic dialling system

dialling tone or (N American) dial tone noun

The continuous sound heard on picking up a telephone receiver which indicates that the equipment is functioning and ready to accept an input telephone number

diˈal-plate noun

The plate to which the pillars of a watch are fixed

diˈal-up adjective (computing; of a connection)

Using a modem to connect to another computer or to the Internet

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