Found 3 items, similar to dial.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: dial lempengan jam, menelpon
English → English (WordNet) Definition: dial dial n 1: the face of a timepiece; graduated to show the hours 2: the control on a radio or television set that is used for tuning 3: the circular graduated indicator on various measuring instruments 4: a disc on a telephone that is rotated a fixed distance for each number called [syn: telephone dial] [also: dialling, dialled] dial v 1: operate a dial to select a telephone number; “You must take the receiver off the hook before you dial” 2: choose by means of a dial; “dial a telephone number” [also: dialling, dialled]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Dial Dial \Di"al\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dialedor Dialled; p. pr. & vb. n. Dialing or Dialling.] 1. To measure with a dial. [1913 Webster] Hours of that true time which is dialed in heaven. --Talfourd. [1913 Webster] 2. (Mining) To survey with a dial. --Raymond. [1913 Webster] Dial \Di"al\, n. [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. [1913 Webster] 2. The graduated face of a timepiece, on which the time of day is shown by pointers or hands. [1913 Webster] 3. A miner's compass. [1913 Webster] Dial bird (Zo["o]l.), 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. [1913 Webster]