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What is a dial?
What is a dial?
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- Spanish (Mexico)
@satunnainen: al /ˈdaɪəl, daɪl/
n., v., di•aled ordi•alled, di•al•ing ordi•al•ling.
n. [countable]
Timea plate or disk on a clock or watch, containing markings upon which the time of day is indicated by hands or pointers:
The second hand swept across the dial.
Weights and Measuresa plate with markings for indicating a measurement or number, usually by means of a pointer:
All the dials showed zero as the power went off.
Telecommunicationsa knob that can be rotated, used for regulating a mechanism, esp. one that tunes a radio or television.
a rotating disk on a telephone that is used in making calls.
a set of pushbuttons on a telephone that perform the same function.
v.
to register on or as if on a dial
[~ + object]He dialed the numbers on the safe.
to select by means of a dial
[~ + (in + ) object]I dialed in a country-and-western station on the radio.
Telecommunications to make a telephone call to
[~ + object]I dialed your number but got a busy signal.
Telecommunications to dial a telephone
[no object]I started to dial but then hung up.
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sorry my answer is too bigger but is a dictionary definition
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you understand the point...or the difference
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