Definitions for dials

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dials di·al

Spelling: [dahy-uh l, dahyl]

IPA: /ˈdaɪ əl, daɪl/

Dials is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 86 anagrams from letters in dials (adils).

Definitions for dials

noun

1. a plate, disk, face, or other surface containing markings or figures upon which the time of day is indicated by hands, pointers, or shadows, as of a clock or sundial.
2. a plate or disk with markings or figures for indicating or registering some measurement or number, as of pressure, number of revolutions, the frequency to which a radio is tuned, etc., usually by means of a pointer.
3. a rotatable plate, disk, or knob used for regulating a mechanism, making and breaking electrical connections, etc., as in tuning a radio or television station in or out.
4. Also called rotary dial. a rotatable plate or disk on a telephone, fitted with finger holes that are marked with letters or numbers, used in making calls through an automatic switchboard.
5. any mechanism on the face of a telephone by which the caller places a call, as push buttons.
6. Also called miner's dial. Mining. a compass used for underground surveying.

adjective

1. (of a telephone) having a rotary dial mechanism.

Verb phrases

1. dial up, to obtain, reach, or contact by telephone:

verb (used with object)

1. to indicate or register on or as if on a dial.
2. to measure with or as if with a dial.
3. to regulate, select, or tune in by means of a dial, as on a radio:
4. to make a telephone call to:

verb (used without object)

1. to use a telephone dial; to dial a telephone:
2. to tune in or regulate by means of a dial:

Origin of dials

1400-50; late Middle English: instrument for telling time by the sun's shadow, presumably Medieval Latin diālis daily (Latin di(ēs) day + -ālis -al¹)

Examples for dials

She drew a pretty little watch from her waist, and looked at the dial.

No dial or dial gearing is shown in the patent or exists in the patent model.

This suspension, Masters said, had been forced upon ARNN by the dial Global lawsuit.

"Perhaps the dial hand has become caught," suggested Mr. Sharp.

All a thief had to do was take off the dial knob on the safe and place the little joker on inside of it.

“This is not the kind of thing you can dial in from doing a big study,” says Dr. Patel.

For the same reason, of course, there is no dial indicating seconds.

In January 2013, the TRN group filed a second complaint in the dial Global suit, demanding a jury trial.

"I wonder what our friends look like," Morse said, watching the dial.

Say the name you want to dial and the device connects you with mom or dad immediately.