dial (noun)
1dial telephone — noun a telephone with a dial for registering the number to be called • Syn: ↑dial phone • Hypernyms: ↑telephone, ↑phone, ↑telephone set • Part Meronyms: ↑dial, ↑telephone dial …
2dial — ► NOUN 1) a disc marked to show the time on a clock or to indicate a reading or measurement by means of a pointer. 2) a disc with numbered holes on a telephone, turned to make a call. 3) a disc turned to select a setting on a radio, cooker, etc.… …
3dial phone — noun a telephone with a dial for registering the number to be called • Syn: ↑dial telephone • Hypernyms: ↑telephone, ↑phone, ↑telephone set • Part Meronyms: ↑dial, ↑telephone dial …
4dial tone — noun : a characteristic tone emitted by a dial telephone as a signal that the system is ready for dialing * * * noun, pl ⋯ tones [count] US : the sound that comes from a telephone when it is ready for a call to be made called also (Brit) dialling …
5dial-in — UK US adjective [before noun] ► COMMUNICATIONS, INTERNET DIAL UP(Cf. ↑dial up) …
6dial-up — adj [only before noun] relating to a telephone line that is used to send information from one computer to another ▪ a dial up connection >dial up n …
7dial — noun 1》 a disc marked to show the time on a clock or indicate a reading or measurement by means of a pointer. ↘a disc with numbered holes on a telephone, turned to make a call. ↘a disc turned to select a setting on a radio, cooker, etc.… …
8dial gauge — noun or dial indicator : a gauge consisting of a circular graduated dial and a pointer actuated by a member that contacts with the part being calibrated …
9dial telegraph — noun : a telegraph in which letters and numbers or other symbols are placed upon the border of a circular dial plate at each station, the apparatus being so arranged that the needle or index of the dial at the receiving station copies the… …
10dial tone — UK US noun [C] US COMMUNICATIONS ► DIALLING TONE(Cf. ↑dialling tone): »Pick up the receiver then wait for the dialling tone …
