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dial 1. the circular graduated disc of various measuring instruments 2. a. the control on a radio or television set used to change the station or channel b. the panel on a radio on which the frequency, wavelength, or station is indicated by means of a pointer dial [dīl] (communications) In automatic telephone switching, a type of calling device which, when wound up and released, generates pulses required for establishing connections. (design engineering) A separate scale or other device for indicating the value to which a control is set. DIAL [′dī‚al] (engineering) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| But if I yield to it, the moment my eyes rest upon the dial I am filled with a mysterious apprehension--a sense of imminent calamity. This dial with movable needle is a manometer, is it not? To test the intensity of the light whose nature and cause he could not determine, he took out his watch to see if he could make out the figures on the dial. |
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