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dial

1. the circular graduated disc of various measuring instruments

a. the control on a radio or television set used to change the station or channel

b. the panel on a radio on which the frequency, wavelength, or station is indicated by means of a pointer

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dial

[dīl]

(communications)

In automatic telephone switching, a type of calling device which, when wound up and released, generates pulses required for establishing connections.

(design engineering)

A separate scale or other device for indicating the value to which a control is set.

DIAL

[′dī‚al]

(engineering)

differential absorption lidar

The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Dial

a subassembly of a telephone that is used to control the operation of the apparatus in an automatic telephone exchange in order to establish a connection to the subscriber being called. Dials may be of the disk or push-button types, depending on the method of selecting the desired number.

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When dialing within one' s exchange area, one normally dials the actual phone number, which ranges from five to seven digits.