Definition of dial

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Dial (n.) An instrument, formerly much used for showing the time of day from the shadow of a style or gnomon on a graduated arc or surface; esp., a sundial; but there are lunar and astral dials. The style or gnomon is usually parallel to the earth's axis, but the dial plate may be either horizontal or vertical..

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Custodial :: Custodial (a.) Relating to custody or guardianship.
Cardiac :: Cardiac (n.) A medicine which excites action in the stomach; a cardial.
Dialogue :: Dialogue (v. t.) To express as in dialogue.
Amphiarthrodial :: Amphiarthrodial (a.) Characterized by amphiarthrosis.
After-dinner :: After-dinner (a.) Following dinner; post-prandial; as, an after-dinner nap..
Cordial :: Cordial (a.) Tending to revive, cheer, or invigorate; giving strength or spirits..
Plattdeutsch :: Plattdeutsch (n.) The modern dialects spoken in the north of Germany, taken collectively; modern Low German. See Low German, under German..
Presidial :: Presidial (a.) Alt. of Presidiar.
Propodiale :: Propodiale (n.) The bone of either the upper arm or the thing, the propodialia being the humerus and femur..
Infrastapedial :: Infrastapedial (n.) The infrastapedial part of the columella.
Septum :: Septum (n.) One of the radial calcareous plates of a coral.
Allodial :: Allodial (a.) Pertaining to allodium; freehold; free of rent or service; held independent of a lord paramount; -- opposed to feudal; as, allodial lands; allodial system..
Parsee :: Parsee (n.) The Iranian dialect of much of the religious literature of the Parsees.
Mesopodialia :: Mesopodialia (pl. ) of Mesopodial.
Primordial :: Primordial (n.) A first principle or element.
Reclination :: Reclination (n.) The angle which the plane of the dial makes with a vertical plane which it intersects in a horizontal line.
Cordiality :: Cordiality (n.) Relation to the heart.
Radial :: Radial (a.) Of or pertaining to a radius or ray; consisting of, or like, radii or rays; radiated; as, (Bot.) radial projections; (Zool.) radial vessels or canals; (Anat.) the radial artery..
Subperiosteal :: Subpericardial (a.) Situated under the cardiac pericardium.
Suprasternal :: Suprastapedial (n.) The suprastapedial part of the columella.
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