dial : Idioms & Phrases
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Azimuth dial
- a dial whose stile or gnomon is at right angles to the plane of the horizon. Hutton.
Webster 1913
clock dial
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noun the face of a clock showing hours and minutes of the day
clock face.
WordNet
Compass dial
- a small pocket compass fitted with a sundial to tell the hour of the day.
Webster 1913
Dial bird
(Zoöl.) , an Indian bird (Copsychus saularius ), allied to the European robin. The name is also given to other related species.
Webster 1913
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.
Webster 1913
dial phone
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noun a telephone with a dial for registering the number to be called
dial phone.
WordNet
Dial plate
- the plane or disk of a dial or timepiece on which lines and figures for indicating the time are placed.
Webster 1913
dial telephone
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noun a telephone with a dial for registering the number to be called
dial phone.
WordNet
Mine dial
- a form of magnetic compass used by miners.
Webster 1913
Moon dial
- a dial used to indicate time by moonlight.
Webster 1913
Polar dial
- a dial whose plane is parallel to a great circle passing through the poles of the earth. Math. Dict.
Webster 1913
Prime vertical , Prime vertical dial
- . See under
Prime , a.
Webster 1913
Prime-vertical dial
- a dial in which the shadow is projected on the plane of the prime vertical.
Webster 1913
Reclining dial
- a dial whose plane is inclined to the vertical line through its center. Davies & Peck
(Math. Dict.) .
Webster 1913
telephone dial
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noun a disc on a telephone that is rotated a fixed distance for each number called
dial.
WordNet
Tide dial
- a dial to exhibit the state of the tides at any time.
Webster 1913
Universal dial
- a dial by which the hour may be found in any part of the world, or under any elevation of the pole.
