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, a network protocol
* DIAL, an acronym for
Digital Impact Alliance
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Dunedin International Airport Limited, New Zealand
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Delhi International Airport (P) Limited, Delhi, India
Other
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Dial (surname), 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), a brand of antibacterial soap and related products
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Dial, West Virginia
Dial is an unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia
West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers ...
, a community in the United States
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Dial (band)
Dial is a progressive rock band based in the Netherlands.
History
Dial was founded in late 2003 by Liselotte Hegt, Rommert van der Meer and Kristoffer Gildenlöw.
Early on, the band was pure a hobby but after Gildenlöw's departure from Swedish ...
, 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
''The Dial'' was an American magazine published intermittently from 1840 to 1929. In its first form, from 1840 to 1844, it served as the chief publication of the Transcendentalists. From the 1880s to 1919 it was revived as a political review and ...
'', an American magazine published intermittently from 1840 to 1929
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Dial H for Hero
''Dial H for Hero'' is a comic book feature published by DC Comics about a magical dial that enables an ordinary person to become a superhero for a short time, such as an hour, by selecting the letters H-E-R-O in order. Each time it is used, the di ...
'', a comic book feature published by DC Comics
*-dial, the suffix for
dialdehyde
In organic chemistry, an aldehyde () is an organic compound containing a functional group with the structure . The functional group itself (without the "R" side chain) can be referred to as an aldehyde but can also be classified as a formyl group ...
s (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) Dial House may refer to:
;in England
* Dial House, Essex
* Dial House, Sheffield, A Grade II Listed Building in Sheffield.
;in the United States
*Dial-Goza House, Madison, Florida, listed on the NRHP in Florida
*Dial House (Meridian, Mississippi ...
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Dial Records (disambiguation) Dial Records may refer to:
* Dial Records (1946), a U.S.-based jazz and classical label, active 1946–1954
* Dial Records (1964), a U.S.-based R&B label, active 1964–1979
* Dial Records (1998), a U.S.-based rock label
* Dial Records (1999), a ...
, 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 ...
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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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