Dial

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Not to be confused with a diol, a chemical containing two hydroxyl groups.

Dial may mean:

• -dial, the suffix for dialdehydes (a molecule with two aldehyde groups)
• 'dial.' can be an abbreviation for 'dialect'
• Dial (display), a display device in radio, measuring instruments, etc.
• Dial Corporation, a consumer products company that is a wholly owned subsidiary of Henkel KGaA.
• Slang for a person's face
• Dial House, an anarchist-pacifist open house in Essex, England
• Dial Records, a name used by several record companies
• Dunedin International Airport Limited, New Zealand
• Mode dial, part of dSLR and SLR-like digital cameras
• Rotary dial, a device for the input of numbers in telephones and similar devices
• A sundial or clock face
• The Dial, an American magazine published intermittently from 1840 to 1929.

Etymology

Its original meaning was sundial and/or clock dial, from Latin diālis meaning daily, or concerning the day, because of its use in telling the time of day.

See also

• Dialling

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