Dial may refer to:
Mechanical device
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Rotary dial
A rotary dial is a component of a telephone or a telephone switchboard that implements a signaling technology in telecommunications known as pulse dialing. It is used when initiating a telephone call to transmit the destination telephone number ...
, a device for the input of number(s) in telephones and similar devices
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Dialling, usually means to make a telephone call by turning the rotary dial or pressing the buttons
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Dial (measurement)
A dial is generally a flat surface, circular or rectangular, with numbers or similar markings on it, used for displaying the setting or output of a timepiece, radio, clock, watch, or measuring instrument. There are many instruments used in scient ...
, a display device in radio, measuring instruments, etc.
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Mode dial
A mode dial or camera dial is a dial used on digital cameras to change the camera's mode. Most digital cameras, including dSLR and SLR-like cameras, support modes, selectable either by a rotary dial or from a menu. On point-and-shoot cameras whi ...
, part of dSLR and SLR-like digital cameras
DIAL
* DIAL, an acronym for
differential absorption LIDAR
Lidar (, also LIDAR, or LiDAR; sometimes LADAR) is a method for determining ranges (variable distance) by targeting an object or a surface with a laser and measuring the time for the reflected light to return to the receiver. It can also be ...
* DIAL, an acronym for
Discovery and Launch Discovery and Launch (DIAL) is a protocol co-developed by Netflix and YouTube with help from Sony and Samsung. It is a mechanism for discovering and launching applications on a single subnet, typically a home network. It relies on Universal Plug and ...
, a network protocol
* DIAL, an acronym for
Digital Impact Alliance
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Dunedin International Airport Limited
Dunedin Airport , officially Dunedin International Airport, also known as Momona Airport, is an international airport in the Otago region of the South Island of New Zealand, serving Dunedin city and the Otago and Southland regions. Dunedin Airpo ...
, New Zealand
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Delhi International Airport (P) Limited
Indira Gandhi International Airport is the primary international airport serving Delhi, the capital of India, and the National Capital Region (NCR). The airport, spread over an area of , is situated in Palam, Delhi, southwest of the New Delh ...
, Delhi, India
Other
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Dial (surname) Dial is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*Benjy Dial (1943–2001), American football player
*Buddy Dial (1937–2008), American football player
*Derrick Dial (born 1975), American basketball player
*Jeff Dial (born 1976), Americ ...
, people named Dial
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Dial Corporation
Henkel Corporation, doing business as Henkel North American Consumer Goods, and formerly The Dial Corporation, is an American company based in Stamford, Connecticut. It is a manufacturer of personal care and household cleaning products, and is a ...
, a consumer products company that is a wholly owned subsidiary of Henkel AG & Co. KGaA.
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Dial (soap)
Dial is an American brand of soap and body wash manufactured by Henkel North American Consumer Goods, the American subsidiary of Henkel AG & Co. KGaA. It was the world's first antibacterial soap.
History
Dial was developed by a chemist from Ar ...
, a brand of antibacterial soap and related products
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Dial, West Virginia, a community in the United States
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Dial (band), a Dutch progressive rock band
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Dial Press
The Dial Press was a publishing house founded in 1923 by Lincoln MacVeagh.
The Dial Press shared a building with ''The Dial'' and Scofield Thayer worked with both. The first imprint was issued in 1924.
Authors included Elizabeth Bowen, W. R. Bu ...
, a publishing house founded in 1923 by Lincoln MacVeagh
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The Dial'', an American magazine published intermittently from 1840 to 1929
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Dial H for Hero'', a comic book feature published by DC Comics
*-dial, the suffix for
dialdehydes (a molecule with two aldehyde groups)
*'dial.' can be an abbreviation for '
dialect
The term dialect (from Latin , , from the Ancient Greek word , 'discourse', from , 'through' and , 'I speak') can refer to either of two distinctly different types of Linguistics, linguistic phenomena:
One usage refers to a variety (linguisti ...
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See also
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Dial House (disambiguation), various
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Dial Records (disambiguation), various
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sundial
A sundial is a horological device that tells the time of day (referred to as civil time in modern usage) when direct sunlight shines by the apparent position of the Sun in the sky. In the narrowest sense of the word, it consists of a flat ...
or
clock face
A clock face is the part of an analog clock (or watch) that displays time through the use of a flat dial with reference marks, and revolving pointers turning on concentric shafts at the center, called hands. In its most basic, globally recogni ...
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Diol
A diol is a chemical compound containing two hydroxyl groups ( groups). An aliphatic diol is also called a glycol. This pairing of functional groups is pervasive, and many subcategories have been identified.
The most common industrial diol is e ...
, a chemical containing two hydroxyl groups
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