dial

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

Noun

1. A graduated, circular scale over which a needle moves to show a measurement (such as speed).
2. A graduated, circular scale over which a needle moves to show a measurement (such as speed).
3. A sundial.
4. A panel on a radio etc showing wavelengths or channels; a knob that is turned to change the wavelength etc.
5. A disk with finger holes on a telephone; used to select the number to be called.
6. (Australia, UK, slang) A person's face.
7. A miner's compass.

Verb

1. (transitive) To control or select something with a dial, or (figuratively) as if with a dial.
2. (transitive) To select a number, or to call someone, on a telephone, regardless of whether a physical dial is present.
3. (intransitive) To use a dial or a telephone.
4. (transitive) To initiate a connection to a remote computer service such as a database.

Έννοιες

δίσκος τηλεφώνου

τηλεφωνώ

καλώ

καντράν

κλήση

πρόσοψη χρονομέτρου

καντράν ρολογιού

παίρνω αριθμό τηλεφώνου

πλάκα ρολογιού

σχηματίζω τον αριθμό τηλεφώνου

ταμπλώ

Συνώνυμα

disc

record

dial plate

scale

clock face

face

phone

☎️

clock dial

telephone dial

choose

index dial

ring

💍

indicator

telephone

☎️

draw

elect

front

hail

hand

✋

highlight

horology

invite

limb

limbo

name

opt

ordain

pick

⛏️

plate

plot

radius

reading device

readout

rotate

screen

select

selector

selector switch

single out

sort

summon

think of

turn

D

sun-dial

vote in

horologium

dividing plate

graduated dial

index plate

Μεταφράσεις

cadran

Zifferblatt

Wählscheibe

composer

comporre

wählen

wijzerplaat

discar

marcar

Skala

dial

quadrante

disco combinatore

formare

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/ˈdaɪ.əl/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

Κληρονομήθηκε από Μέσα Αγγλικά: diall

Συγγενές με Ισπανικά: dial

In summary

The original meaning was 'sundial' and/or 'clock dial'; from Middle English diall, from Middle French dyal, from Latin diālis (“daily, concerning the day”), because of its use in telling the time of day, from Latin diēs (“day”). Compare Spanish dial and día (“day”).