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dial noun 1 a disc or plate on a clock, radio, meter, etc with numbers or other scales or measurements marked on it and a movable pointer or indicator, used to indicate eg measurements of speed, time, etc or selected settings of time, temperature, radio frequency, etc. 2 the round numbered plate on some telephones and the movable disc fitted over it. verb (dialled, dialling; US dialed, dialing) tr & intr to use a telephone dial or keypad to call (a number). dialler or (US) dialer noun.
ETYMOLOGY: 14c: from Latin dialis daily, from the fact that a sundial shows the time of day from the shadow cast on it, or from its being the name for a wheel in the clockwork of medieval clocks which turned once per day.
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