Word Finder - dials

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A graduated, circular scale over which a needle moves to show a measurement (such as speed).

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A clock face.

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A sundial.

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A panel on a radio etc showing wavelengths or channels; a knob that is turned to change the wavelength etc.

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A disk with finger holes on a telephone; used to select the number to be called.

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A person's face.

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A miner's compass.

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To control or select something with a dial, or (figuratively) as if with a dial.

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President Trump has recently dialled down the rhetoric.

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To select a number, or to call someone, on a telephone.

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In an emergency dial 999.

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To use a dial or a telephone.

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Please be careful when dialling.

There were three metal objects with dials and switches; machines I'll call them, from which the wires ran.

I'm curious enough to fool around with my dials and trying to see the effect of different settings.

To modern eyes the unit does lack something in the way of bulk and the micrometer dials were obviously far too small.

Several models of toaster ovens use dials to set the temperature, cooking time, and baking setting.

Watch dials made with lumbrite hands and markers will glow, which makes it easy to read a Seiko watch in the dark without having to fumble for a tiny button on the side of the watch or flick on a lamp - very convenient.

After examining the various dials and switches on Quinn's machines, I had a fairly clear idea of each; I could turn it on and increase and decrease the settings.

By an invention probably due to Humfray Cole and published in 1 578 by William Bourne in his Inventions and Devices, it was proposed to register a ship's speed by means of a "little small close boat," with a wheel, or wheels, and an axle-tree to turn clockwork in the little boat, with dials and pointers indicating fathoms, leagues, scores of leagues and hundreds of leagues.

The circus of Seven Dials, east of Shaftesbury Avenue, affords a typical name in connexion with the lowest aspect of life in London.

In 1743 Wesley secured a west-end centre at West Street, Seven Dials, which for fifty years had a wonderful history.

If the difference of the number of oscillations made by the two pendulums in a given time is small compared to the number made by either of them separately, then it is easy to show that the power given to the circuit is measured by the gain or loss of one clock over the other in a given time, and can therefore be indicated on a counting mechanism or registering dials.

In Intermittent Registering Meters some form of ampere-meter or watt-meter registers the current or power passing into the house; and a clock motion electrically driven is made to take readings of the ampere-meter or watt-meter at definite intervals - say, every five minutes - and to add up these readings upon a set of registered dials.

The counting mechanism and dials may be so arranged as to indicate this energy directly in watt-hours.

The summit of this column is that which formerly stood at Seven Dials, London.

He made windmills, water-clocks, kites and dials, and he is said to have invented a four-wheeled carriage which was to be moved by the rider.

There were no cities or large towns before the arrival of the Norsemen; no stone bridges spanned the rivers; stepping stones or hurdle bridges at the fords or shallows offered the only mode of crossing the broadest streams, and connecting the unpaved roads or bridle paths which crossed the country over hill and dale from the principal dials.

I'd seen those confusing dials and switches hundreds of times in the past, but unfortunately, never paid them a lick of attention.

Dials can be mounted back-to-back, or on pillars, walls or individually designed structures.

Dual metal setting circle dials allow quick location of target using celestial coordinates.

It has black plastic, lots of knobs, dials and buttons, and pieces of shiny chrome sticking out at surprising angles.

Superb polished black dial with polished silver sub dials.

Mother-of-Pearl Iridescent, milky interior shell of the fresh water mollusk that is sliced thin and used on watch dials.

The sundial consists of the 4 brass dials mounted to the granite cube placed on the granite pedestal.

The Turnbull or Pelican sundial in the front quadrangle of Corpus Christi College in Oxford is probably one of the finest pillar dials.

Each of our solid brass dials has a hand-engraved center and has engraved or cast brass corner spandrels.

The fascia features a Rhodium silver technical finish, with backlit instrumentation dials.

Pentax have improved some of the buttons and dials - for instance the selector dial is now much easier to rotate.

Portable dials come in many varieties, such as the shepherd 's dial, the tablet dial, the ring dial and others.

Thanks to the voice recognition feature, you can say a name and the kit automatically dials the number.

Some toasters even have external dials that allow you to adjust the width of the bread slots.

Flip on all the switches, push all the buttons and turn the dials to make sure everything works as it should.

Digital camera models display camera settings with various dials, buttons and LCD screen menus quite differently.

Begin familiarizing yourself with the location of the model’s menu and dials with specific functions by reading thecamera's instruction manual.

Turn the camera on and locate the various buttons and functions until you are comfortable with the menus and dials.

Toddlers develop the ability to manipulate objects with increasing sophistication, including using their fingers to twist dials, pull strings, push levers, turn book pages, and use crayons to produce crude scribbles.

These include a phone that rings, dials and talks, and a doorbell that works.

Roaster ovens have temperature control dials, so you can set the temperature to the exact setting necessary for the recipe that you are planning to prepare.

Doesn't reach correct temperature - Problems with the temperature setting on a toaster oven could be due to the thermostat, the external temperature dials, the heating element or the fuse.

Featuring tough, stylish construction and easy to read dials, these watches go well with leather jackets and business suits alike.

Made with durable steel plating, non-reflective glass, and easy-to-read dials, it's the safest, most efficient way to keep track of time when behind the driver's wheel.

The Bulova - 96A26 Men's Watch features unique dual dials; one in numbers and one in roman numerals.

This includes both traditional dials as well as more contemporary methods.

Something with five dials and six faces fit for a Navy Seal may not be what you are looking for.

The glitz watches feature glamorous details like rhinestone studded bands and pink dials.

Some motion dial watches have animated images on the dials while others offer the wearer the ability to switch between two different dial patterns.

Cases are available in steel, stainless steel and gold with dials in colors like brown, silver, champagne, white mother of pearl and black mother of pearl as well as diamonds.

De Ville co-axial chronograph watches use the co-axial escapement as well as chronographs, small dials which can keep track of shorter time periods.

Buyers can choose from chronograph styles, with tiny dials to measure small time periods, quartz, chronometers, and GMT watches for travelers that make it easy to tell what time it is back home.

The sun has been helping us tell time for centuries through sun dials, but the advent of the solar watch in the 1970s took it to a new level.

The dials resemble instrument panels and are easy to read with a mere glance.

Breitling dials are "designed for optimal read-off at a glance, like an instrument panel."