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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Dialysis :: Dialysis (n.) A solution of continuity; division; separation of parts.
Diarthrodial :: Diarthrodial (a.) Relating to diarthrosis, or movable articulations..
Zend :: Zend (n.) Properly, the translation and exposition in the Huzv/resh, or literary Pehlevi, language, of the Avesta, the Zoroastrian sacred writings; as commonly used, the language (an ancient Persian dialect) in which the Avesta is written..
Cordialize :: Cordialize (v. t.) To render cordial; to reconcile.
Mesopodialia :: Mesopodialia (pl. ) of Mesopodial.
Suprastapedial :: Suprastapedial (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, that part of the columella of the ear which projects above the connection with the stapes, as in many animals..
Scotch :: Scotch (n.) The dialect or dialects of English spoken by the people of Scotland.
Noctidial :: Noctidial (a.) Comprising a night and a day; a noctidial day.
Dialectology :: Dialectology (n.) That branch of philology which is devoted to the consideration of dialects.
Clock :: Clock (n.) A machine for measuring time, indicating the hour and other divisions by means of hands moving on a dial plate. Its works are moved by a weight or a spring, and it is often so constructed as to tell the hour by the stroke of a hammer on a bell. It is not adapted, like the watch, to be carried on the person..
Preludial :: Preludial (a.) Of or pertaining to a prelude; of the nature of a prelude; introductory.
Pantomime :: Pantomime (n.) A dramatic and spectacular entertainment of which dumb acting as well as burlesque dialogue, music, and dancing by Clown, Harlequin, etc., are features..
Primordial :: Primordial (n.) A first principle or element.
Prakrit :: Prakrit (n.) Any one of the popular dialects descended from, or akin to, Sanskrit; -- in distinction from the Sanskrit, which was used as a literary and learned language when no longer spoken by the people. Pali is one of the Prakrit dialects..
Subdichotomy :: Subdialect (n.) A subordinate dialect.
Cordiality :: Cordiality (n.) Relation to the heart.
Stile :: Stile (n.) A pin set on the face of a dial, to cast a shadow; a style. See Style..
Exordial :: Exordial (a.) Pertaining to the exordium of a discourse: introductory.
Interradial :: Interradial (a.) Between the radii, or rays; -- in zoology, said of certain parts of radiate animals; as, the interradial plates of a starfish..
Prick :: Prick (v.) A point or mark on the dial, noting the hour..
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