Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
To control or select something with a dial, or (figuratively) as if with a dial. · To select a number on a telephone, regardless of a physical dial. · To call (a person or organization) using a telephone. · To use a dial or a telephone.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA graduated, circular scale over which a needle moves to show a measurement (such as speed). · Such a field as part of a clock face; (metonymic) the entire clock face. · A sundial. · A panel on a radio etc showing wavelengths or channels; a knob that is turned to change the wavelength etc.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dyew- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws Proto-Italic *djous Latin diēs Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin diālis Middle French dyalbor. Middle English diall English dial 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”).
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