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noun

  • A graduated, circular scale over which a needle moves to show a measurement (such as speed).
  • A clock face.
  • A sundial.
  • A panel on a radio etc showing wavelengths or channels; a knob that is turned to change the wavelength etc.
  • A disk with finger holes on a telephone; used to select the number to be called.
  • A person's face.
  • A miner's compass.

verb

  • To control or select something with a dial, or (figuratively) as if with a dial.

    "President Trump has recently dialled down the rhetoric."

  • To select a number, or to call someone, on a telephone.

    "In an emergency dial 999."

  • To use a dial or a telephone.

    "Please be careful when dialling."

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