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Definition: Dial |
DialNoun1. The face of a timepiece; graduated to show the hours. 2. The control on a radio or television set that is used for tuning. 3. The circular graduated indicator on various measuring instruments. 4. A disc on a telephone that is rotated a fixed distance for each number called. Verb1. Operate a dial to select a telephone number; "You must take the receive off the hook before you dial". 2. Choose by means of a dial; "dial a telephone number". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "dial" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Industry | A divided plate with figures indicating the hours, minutes and seconds. Source: European Union. (references) |
Bible | Dial for the measurement of time, only once mentioned in the Bible, erected by Ahaz (2 Kings 20:11; Isa. 38:8). The Hebrew word (ma'aloth) is rendered "steps" in Ex. 20:26, 1 Kings 10:19, and "degrees" in 2 Kings 20:9, 10, 11. The _ma'aloth_ was probably stairs on which the shadow of a column or obelisk placed on the top fell. The shadow would cover a greater or smaller number of steps, according as the sun was low or high. Probably the sun-dial was a Babylonian invention. Daniel at Babylon (Dan. 3:6) is the first to make mention of the "hour." Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Computing | A device which transmits a coded signal to actuate the central office switching equipment in accordance with the digit dialed. It may be either a rotary device which can be wound up and released to transmit open pulses or a touch-calling push-button device. Source: European Union. (references) |
Meteorology & Standards | The part of an indicating device carrying the scale or scales and generally including other information to characterise the instrument. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. A compass used for surface and underground surveying. It is fitted with sights, spirit levels, and a vernier, and mounted on a tripod. Syn:mining dialb. Corn. To make a mine survey. (references) |
Occupations | A flat circular plate that rotates and presents parts to machine at prescribed intervals. The worker places parts on designated spots on dial. (references) |
Physics | Any scale whose divisions are arranged on the periphery of a circle or on an arc of a circle. Source: European Union. (references) |
Post & Telecom | A calling device, operated by the rotation of a disc which, on its release, produces the pulses necessary to establish a connection in an automatic system. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A dial is a generally a flat disk, often with numbers or similar markings on it, used for displaying the setting or output of a timepiece, radio or measuring instrumentIn telephony and telecommunications in connection with a telephone:
- A rotating disk with 10 numbered finger holes. When a particular numbered hole is rotated with the finger to a finger stop set at a specific point across the dial, then released, the dial mechanism rotates the dial back to its original position and transmits pulses down the telephone line according to the number of the hole selected.
- A key pad, generally with 12 keys numbered 1-9,*,0,#, that performs an equivalent signalling function to that of a rotating disk dial.
- 'verb' The act of operating a telephone dial or key pad.
- Also used in present and past tenses: Dialling, Dialled (UK) or Dialing, Dialed (USA). These words are often used in a phrase that describes the type of feature, telephone numbers or connection being made.
History
From as early as 1836, there were various suggestions and inventions of dials for sending telegraph signals. After the first commercial telephone exchange was installed in 1878, the need for a telephone dial became apparent. The first telephone dial patent was jointly issued to Connolly and McTighe in 1879. There were numerous competing inventions, and 26 patents of dials, push-buttons and similar mechanisms for signalling which telephone subscriber was wanted by a caller were issued prior to 1891. Most involved highly complex, and expensive, mechanisms and required the user to perform complex manipulations.The first commercial installation of a Telephone Dial accompanied the first commercial installation of a 99 line automatic telephone exchange in La Porte, Indiana in 1892, which was based on the 1891 Strowger patent designs. The original dial designs were rather cumbersome and development continued during the 1890's and early 1900's hand in hand with the switching technology. In the 1950's, invention of plastics saw the dial itself change from metal disk to a plastic ring.
The dial numbering can occur in 4 different formats, with 0 either being placed next to the 1 or the 9 and the numbers running in ascending or decending order with either the 0,1 or 9 being closest to the fingerstop. However, the number of pulses sent by the dial remained the same with one hole movement sending one pulse and 10 hole movements sending 10 pulses. All the telephones connected to a particular telephone exchange had to have the same dial numbering. Generally dial numbering was standardised on a countrywide basis, though all 4 dial formats were used.
In the early 1960s Bell Telephone Laboratories researched various key pad layouts to replace the telephone dial, for electronic telephone equipment. Researchers rearranged the dial numbers in a wide range of combinations from mimicing a telephone dial to the now familiar 4 row by 3 column keypad. They found the 4x3 keypad to be the fastest and most error free arrangement to operate. However, because the American telephone dial had the 0 next to the 9, they tested the arrangement with a 1 at the top and 0 at the bottom, below the 8 key. They also tested an arrangement with the 0 below the 2 and having 9 at the top, as appeared on adding machines at that time and now appears on computer and calculator keyboards, but that arrangement was more error prone as few people were familiar with adding machines at that time. Because of this research, phone key pad numbering is reversed to todays calculator and computer keyboards.
- See also: tone dialing (also called Touch Tone&trade or DTMF) versus pulse dialing (decadic dialing).
- See also: Dial Tone or Dialling Tone
- See also - technology: Telephone, Rotary dial, Off-hook, Telephone exchange, Single-frequency signaling, Ringdown, Ringing signal, computer cracking or hacking
- See also - services: Direct Distance Dialing (DDD), Hotline, Automatic identified outward dialing (AIOD)
- See also - applications: Call for help, Emergency telephone number, First aid
- See also - legislation: Part 68
Sources:
- R.B.Hill Early Work on Dial Telephone Systems January, 1953 Bell Laboratories Record. (Volume XXXI No. 1, January, 1953. P. 22 et. seq.)
External Links:
- Reproduction with permission of the article Early Work on Dial Telephone Systems by R.B.Hill
- Auto-Electric Company and 1891 Strowger Dial Telephone
- Bell Laboratories
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Dial."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
DIAL | English | Differential Absorption Lidar | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonym: DialSynonym: telephone dial (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Instantaneity | Clock, wall clock, pendulum clock, grandfather's clock, cuckoo clock, alarm clock, clock radio; watch, pocket watch, stopwatch, Swiss watch; atomic clock, digital clock, analog clock, quartz watch, water clock; chronometer, chronoscope, chronograph; repeater; timekeeper, timepiece; dial, sundial, gnomon, horologe, pendulum, hourglass, clepsydra; ghurry. |
Observance | Adjective: observant, faithful, true, loyal; honorable; true as the dial to the sun, true as the needle to the pole; punctual, punctilious; literal; (exact); as good as one's word. |
Veracity | Adverb: truly; (really); in plain words; in truth, with truth, of a truth, in good truth; as the dial to the sun, as the needle to the pole; honor bright; troth; in good sooth, in good earnest; unfeignedly, with no nonsense, in sooth, sooth to say, bona fide, in foro conscientiae; without equivocation; cartes sur table, from the bottom of one's heart; by my troth; (affirmation). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Nobody could dial a breakfast like mother (The Jetsons; writing credit: Aarne Tarkas) This sun dial is way off. (It's a Gift; writing credit: Jack Cunningham; W.C. Fields) You realized you forgot to dial first (The Golden Girls; writing credit: Philip Broadley; Gabriel Castro) What happens when you dial your own phone number (Stargate SG-1; writing credit: Robert C. Cooper; Brad Wright) | |
Lyrics | Dropping circle stones on a sun dial (MOONCHILD; performing artist: King Crimson) Turn that dial all the way (Lovin' Every Minute Of It; performing artist: Loverboy) I would dial the numbers (Come To My Window; performing artist: Melissa Etheridge) They will possess you unless you change the number on your dial (Thriller; performing artist: Michael Jackson) Just for a minute let's flip down the dial (I Can't Watch This; performing artist: Weird Al Yankovic) | |
Clever | I cannot dial 911. There's no 11 on my phone. (references; author: unknown) On a bar of Dial soap: "Directions: Use like regular soap. (references; author: unknown) I dialed one of those 900 numbers to get some financial advice. They advised me not to dial 900 numbers. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Dial Hot Line (1970) On Your Radio Dial (1935) Daisy Doodad's Dial (1914) Dial a Date (1999) Little Pepper #4: Nikki Dial (1994) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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 | Figure 63. Clement metallic thermometer, first mentioned in 1839 by the clock- maker of Rochefort, Leandre Clement. This thermometer functioned by the differential contraction or expansion of two strips of differing metals. They were soldered together in a spiral form. Left is the total assembly while above right is the indicating dial. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | Figure 34. Anemometer and dial - an anemometer of this type was shown in the catalog of the firm of Richard Brothers in 1886. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
 | Figure 49. Dial of a Marconi radiogoniometer. This instrument was the reading device of a radio direction finder that would allow a ship or aircraft to home in on a radio signal and determine the direction to the transmitter. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | [Incidence of cancer among luminous watch dial painters]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | View of the battleship's forward superstructure and 14" gun turrets, in 1938. Note gunfire concentration dial just below the fire-control top, rangefinders atop the pilothouse and conning tower, and two .50 caliber anti-aircraft machine gun mountings just forward of the armored conning tower. Credit: NAVY. |  | In flight, circa 1924, during operations with the U.S. Fleet. Photographed by Browne, from the foredeck of USS Tennessee (BB-43). Note fire control arrangements on the battleship, among them the rangefinder atop the pilothouse and the foremast concentration dial. Credit: NAVY. |
 | A dial feed press crimps 20mm fuses in a large plant which quickly changed over to the production of essential supplies for our armed forces. National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Leon Chatelain Jr., architect. Brookland dial center air conditioner blowers. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Hamilton Watch Factory. Dial transfer machine. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Telephone. Disk type dial phone I. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Sun Dial" by Kit Barker Commentary: "Sun dial at Vigeland Sculpture Park, Oslo." | "Speeddial" by Feike Kloostra Commentary: "Telephone button: speed dial." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Play | Caption | Play | Caption |
 | Dialing a telephone number from a rotary dial telephone. | | Dialing a telephone number from a rotary dial telephone. |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
Samuel Butler | Loyalty is still the same, whether it win or lose the game; true as a dial to the sun, although it be not shined upon. |
William Shakespeare | And I did laugh sans intermission an hour by his dial. O noble fool, a worthy fool -- motley's the only wear. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The hand which moves over the dial moves also among souls |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | The fat man pumped the gasoline and the needle turned on the pump dial, recording the amount |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Dial 1–800–624–2511 or 301–402–5874 and follow the voice-prompt instructions. (references) | |
CancerFax® CancerFax® includes NCI information about cancer treatment, screening, prevention, and supportive care. To obtain a contents list, dial 301-402-5874 from a fax machine handset and follow the recorded instructions. (references) | ||
Business | Global One is one of the leading providers of ISDN, direct international dial, Internet services. (references) | |
Infocom offers dial up and dedicated connections to a 4Mbit/s link to the Internet backbone, including a direct connection to Teleglobe International. (references) | ||
Its seven standard earth stations link up with the Intelsat, Arabsat, and Inmarsat satellite systems, allowing subscribers to dial 185 countries directly. (references) | ||
Economic History | Burma | Few telephones have international direct dial (IDD) access. (references) |
Haiti | Subscribers with international telephone service can dial directly to the U.S. and Europe. (references) | |
Burma | By modem, dial 202/512-1387 and type "/GO FAC," or call 202/512-1530 for disk or paper copies. (references) | |
Travel | Panama | Callers dial 202-647-9225 from their modem. (references) |
South Africa | Callers simply dial 202-647-9225 from the modem. (references) | |
Ukraine | To make long-distance calls from Ukraine, first dial 8, then wait for a new dial tone. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Dial" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 54.79% of the time. "Dial" is used about 376 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 54.79% | 206 | 21,208 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 24.47% | 92 | 34,282 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 20.21% | 76 | 38,217 |
| Unclassified Items | 0.53% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 376 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "dial" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Dial | Last name | 4,000 | 3,088 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Sweden | Dial NXT Group AB | USA | Dial Corporation |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "dial": Azimuth dial ♦ clock dial ♦ Compass dial ♦ dial "0" trunks to attendant ♦ Dial bird ♦ dial device ♦ dial indicator ♦ dial line ♦ Dial lock ♦ dial number ♦ dial office ♦ dial phone ♦ dial plan ♦ Dial plate ♦ dial scale ♦ dial selective signaling ♦ dial selective signalling ♦ Dial telegraph ♦ dial telephone ♦ dial the wrong number ♦ dial ton ♦ dial tone ♦ dial wrong number ♦ mine dial ♦ moon dial ♦ phone dial ♦ polar dial ♦ prime vertical dial ♦ reclining dial ♦ telephone dial ♦ Tide dial ♦ universal dial ♦ video dial tone ♦ window dial. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "dial": dial-a-bone, dial-a-brochure, dial-a-bus, dial-access, dial-a-job, Dial-an-elephant, dial-a-quiz, dial-a-ride, Dial-a-santa, dial-a-sex-kitten, dial-a-swelling, Dial-a-ticket, dial-a-video, dial-back, dial-telephone, dial-up. | |
Ending with "dial": direct-dial. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
dial up | 1,894 | dial america | 79 |
nikki dial | 702 | internet dial up access | 75 |
dial | 404 | dial up isp | 73 |
dial up networking | 236 | dial indicator | 71 |
dial up connection | 230 | dial up internet service | 62 |
dial up numbers | 164 | dial future | 62 |
sbc yahoo dial | 162 | dial corporation | 56 |
internet dial up | 158 | yahoo dial up | 55 |
dial around | 148 | dial up services | 55 |
dial pad | 142 | free internet dial up | 54 |
dial up access | 132 | dial up access numbers | 53 |
sun dial | 128 | high speed dial up | 52 |
dial msn numbers up | 118 | yahoo dial | 50 |
dial a mattress | 102 | dial up accelerator | 48 |
dial up service | 101 | dial up provider | 47 |
network and dial up connection | 99 | rolex dial | 46 |
phone dial | 92 | dial corp | 45 |
dial soap | 91 | dial up speed | 45 |
free dial up | 89 | dial sbc | 45 |
direct dial | 82 | dial dsl speed up | 42 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "dial"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | skyf (disc, disk, record, slice), plaat (disc, disk, record). (various references) | |
Albanian | disk telefoni, disk (disc, discus, disk, record), mas me ndihmë të shkallës, mas me fushë, kurdis (frame, hatch, incite to, instigate, wind), fushë (area, board, branch, champaign, cornfield, country, court, deposit, domain, face, field, ground, major, plain, range, realm, region, scope, side, world), formoj numrin. (various references) | |
Arabic | قرص التلفزيون, قرص الساعة, قرص الراديو, عقرب (scorpio, scorpion), الوجه, إتصال برغم خطاء, أدار القرص, أدار إبرة الراديو. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | скала (rock, scale), слънчев часовник (sundial), циферблат (clock face, face), телефонна шайба, компас (compass, galley, setting-stick, stick), определям с компас, набирам (compose, gather, maturate, muster, muster up, pucker, quill, raise, set, set up, shirr), мутра (figurehead, map, mug, pan, puss), меря (measure, mete, scale, take measures, weigh), показвам (demonstrate, denote, disclose, display, evince, exhibit, give, indicate, manifest, present, proclaim, protrude, read, register, show, show around, signify, stick, tell, trot, witness). (various references) | |
Chinese | 錶盤 (dial plate), 拨号盘, 撥號 . (various references) | |
Czech | vytoèit, kotouè telefonu, ciferník (face), èíselník, škála (range, scale, spread, sweep). (various references) | |
Danish | skive (disc, disk, record). (various references) | |
Dutch | wijzerplaat. (various references) | |
Esperanto | disko (disc, disk, record), diski, ciferplato. (various references) | |
Farsi | گرفتن تلفن یارادیووغیره , صفحه ء مدرج ساعت , صفحه ء عقربک دار, شاخص (Index, Indicator, Tyupical). (various references) | |
Finnish | valintalevy, taulu (board, painting, picture, plank, table), numeronvalitsin (dial device), numeronvalintalaite (dial device), numerolevy (number plate), näyttötaulu, kiekko (disc, discus, disk, record), kellotaulu. (various references) | |
French | disque (disc, discus, disk), cadran (dial switch). (various references) | |
Frisian | skiif (disc, record). (various references) | |
German | zifferblatt (clock face, face, Phiz, watchface), Wählscheibe, wählen (adopt, be decided, choose, chosen, elect, hold a ballot, make one's choice, opt, pick, pick out, polling, return, select, take, take a ballot, to ballot (for), to choose, to select, vote, vote in, voting), Skala (chart, gamut, graduation, range, scale, spectrum). (various references) | |
Greek | καντράν (the face of a watch). (various references) | |
Hawaiian | disk (disc, record). (various references) | |
Hebrew | לוח שעון, לחיג. (various references) | |
Hungarian | tárcsa (bezant, disk, rigger), óralap. (various references) | |
Indonesian | menelpon (call, phone), lempengan jam. (various references) | |
Italian | quadrante (card, face, quadrant). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | ダイヤフラム圧力計 (chinese checkers, dial tone, dial-up, diamond, diaphragm gauge, direct, direct mail, direct marketing, direct sales, diving, doubt, Dow, down, download, downsizing, downtown, switching from mainframe to personal computers), タ行 (Classification for Japanese verb with the dictionary form ending in "tsu", Dahl, dark, dark matter, darling, Darwin, diagram, dialogue, dial-up, diary, diatonic, diet, digest, Dijkstra, Diner's Club, diode, dozen, DynaBook, dynamic, dynamics, dynamism, dynamite, necktie, tie). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ダイヤル , ダイアル . (various references) | |
Korean | 다이얼. (various references) | |
Manx | puiss (cheek, chop, jowl, kisser, muzzle, pout), jeeley (overflow, pay, wetness, wetness on ground), jeel, caie. (various references) | |
Norwegian | urskive, slå telefonnummer, nummerskive. (various references) | |
Papiamen | disko (disc, record). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ialday.(various references) | |
Polish | dysk (disc, record), płyta (disc, record). (various references) | |
Portuguese | mostrador (index, screen, showcase, shower). (various references) | |
Romanian | disc cu numere, scalã (scale), indica pe un cadran, forma un numãr la telefon, cadran, busolã (compass, guide, magnetic compass). (various references) | |
Russian | угломерный круг (azimuth circle), солнечные часы (sundial, sun-dial, sundials), циферблат (clock face, clock-face, face), круговая шкала, круглое лицо, горный компас, настраивать (attune, install, set up), наборный диск телефона, набирать абонент, набирать (assemble, collect, compose, gather), измерять по шкале, диск телефона. (various references) | |
Scottish | amhsan (Dial osan). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | okretati (turn), okrenuti (rotate, turn, turn over), brojčanik (clock face, clockface, face), birati (choose, chose). (various references) | |
Spanish | marcar (beat, beat out, brand, check off, denote, get, indicate, kick, lay down, Mark, mark off, peg, point to, read, register, say, scar, score, seam, set, shoot, show, stamp, tally, tell, tick), esfera (area, arena, ball, clock, Diapason, face, field, globe, lieu, plane, province, purview, realm, round, sphere), disco (disc, disco, discus, disk, grammophone disc, platter, puck, record, token). (various references) | |
Swedish | urtavla (clock face, clock-face, face), ringa (call, chime, clang, exiguous, humble, insubstantial, little, low, lowly, modest, peal, petty, ring, scant, scanty, slight, small, telephone, toll, trifling), fingerskiva. (various references) | |
Thai | ที่หมุนโทรศัพท์, หน้าปัด, หมุนโทรศัพท์. (various references) | |
Turkish | yüz (c, cast of features, countenance, face, facial, front, frontispiece, hecto-, hundred, kisser, mien, obverse, one hundred, Phiz, physiognomy, puss, Snoot, visage), tuşlamak (type into), telefon numaralarını çevirmek, telefon üzerindeki numaraların olduğu kadran, surat (countenance, court card, face, kisser, map, mien, pan, Phiz, puss, Snoot), skala (dial plate, scale), radyo dalga boyları kadranı, kadran (dial plate, face). (various references) | |
Turkmen | pyntyklamak (dial (to telephone), enlist, recruit). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | робити поділки, циферблат (clock face), кругова шкала, набирати (assume), диск (disc, discus, disk, orb, paten, turn-table). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | điện thoại tự động (dial-telephone). (various references) | |
Welsh | bys (finger, hand of dial, toe). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | dies. (various references) |
| Medieval Latin | 700-1500 | dialis. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | 2 Kings Chapter 20, Verse 11 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai ebohsen hsaiaV o profhthV proV kurion kai epestreyen h skia en toiV anabaqmoiV eiV ta opisw deka baqmouV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Invocavit itaque Esaias propheta Dominum et reduxit umbram per lineas quibus iam descenderat in horologio Ahaz retrorsum decem gradibus |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And so Ysay, the prophete, inwardly clepyde the Lord, and brouyt ayeyn the vmbre by the lynys, with the whiche nowe it hadde goon doun in the orloge of Achaz, bacward tenn degrees. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the LORD: and he brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the dial of Ahaz. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And Isaiah the prophet cried to the LORD: and he brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down on the dial of Ahaz. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Then Isaiah the prophet made prayer to the Lord, and he made the shade go back ten degrees from its position on the steps of Ahaz. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | 2 Kings Chapter 20, Verse 11 |
| Cebuano | Ug si Isaias nga manalagna misinggit kang Jehova; ug iyang gipasibug ang anino sa napulo ka lakang, sumala sa nahimo sa orasan ni Achaz, |
| Croatian | Prorok Izaija zazva Jahvu i on uèini da se sjena vrati za deset stupnjeva. Sišla je za deset posljednjih stupnjeva na Ahazovu sunèaniku. |
| Danish | Da råbte Profeten Esajas til HERREN; og han lod Skyggen på Akaz's Solur gå ti Streger tilbage. |
| Dutch | En Jesaja, de profeet, riep den HEERE aan; en Hij deed de schaduw tien graden achterwaarts keren in de graden, dewelke zij nederwaarts gegaan was, in de graden van Achaz' zonnewijzer. |
| Finnish | Silloin profeetta Jesaja huusi Herraa, ja hän antoi varjon Aahaan aurinkokellossa siirtyä takaisin kymmenen astetta, jotka se oli jo laskeutunut. |
| German | Da rief der Prophet den HERRN an; und der Schatten ging hinter sich zurück zehn Stufen am Zeiger Ahas, die er niederwärts gegangen war. |
| Haitian Creole | Pwofèt Izayi lapriyè Seyè a epi Seyè a fè lonbraj la fè bak sou dis ti mak li te fin depase nan kadran solèy wa Akaz te fè a. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka oleh nabi Yesaya lalu dipinta doa kepada Tuhan, maka diundurkanlah Tuhan bayang itu sepuluh tapak ke belakang, yang sudah turun bayang itu pada tangga Akhaz. |
| Maori | Katahi a Ihaia poropiti ka karanga ki a Ihowa, a whakahokia ana e ia te atarangi, tekau nga nekehanga, o nga nekehanga i heke iho ai i te whakaatu haora a Ahata. |
| Norwegian | Da ropte profeten Esaias til Herren; og han lot skyggen gå tilbake de streker som den var gått ned på Akas' solskive - ti streker. |
| Rumanian | Atunci, Isaia, proorocul, s`a rugat Domnului, wi Domnul a dat cu zece trepte knapoi umbra din locul kn care se pogorkse pe cadranul soarelui lui Ahaz. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "dial": dialect, dialectal, dialectally, dialectic, dialectical, dialectically, dialectician, dialecticians, dialectics, dialectological, dialectologically, dialectologies, dialectologist, dialectologists, dialectology, dialects, dialed, dialer, dialers, dialing, dialings, dialist, dialists, diallage, diallages, dialled, diallel, dialler, diallers, dialling, diallings, diallist, diallists, dialog, dialoged, dialoger, dialogers, dialogic, dialogical, dialogically, dialoging, dialogist, dialogistic, dialogists, dialogs, dialogue, dialogued, dialogues, dialoguing, dials, dialysate. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "dial": aecidial, allodial, alodial, antheridial, audial, basidial, biradial, chlamydial, cladodial, clostridial, conidial, cordial, custodial, endocardial, epicardial, exordial, gonadial, gonidial, interstadial, intracardial, medial, miracidial, misdial, monopodial, myocardial, nephridial, noncustodial, ommatidial, parapodial, pericardial, peridial, plastidial, postprandial, praedial, prandial, predial, preprandial, presidial, primordial, pseudopodial, pycnidial, pygidial, radial, redial, remedial, stapedial, sundial, sympodial, synarthrodial, uredial, ventromedial. (additional references) | |
Words containing "dial": bidialectal, bidialectalism, bidialectalisms, cordialities, cordiality, cordially, cordialness, cordialnesses, cordials, electrodialyses, electrodialysis, electrodialytic, hemodialyses, hemodialysis, interdialectal, interstadials, intracardially, medially, medials, misdialed, misdialing, misdialled, misdialling, misdials, monopodially, multidialectal, nondialyzable, primordially, radiale, radialia, radially, radials, redialed, redialing, redialled, redialling, redials, remedially, subdialect, subdialects, sundials, undialectical. (additional references) | |
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"Dial" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cial, daal, dai, daig, daik, daio, daiq, daiu, daiv, Daix, dala, dalf, dali, Dalj, dall, dalq, datal, dayal, deall, deila, dela, deol, depal, dexal, dezl, Dhiyab, diab, diac, diad, diae, diag, diah, diaj, diale, Dialy, diao, Diar, diat, Diawl, diax, diba, dibal, Dibala, diel, diely, difa, diha, dija, dil, dilap, dilb, dilc, dile, Dileo, dilq, dilz, dimal, dinal, diol, Diolm, ditali, diul, Divadlo, dival, Divali, diwa, dixa, Diyab, Djalo, djian, Djilali, doal, draal, dral, drial, dwile, dyal, Dyball, Dyell, dyl, dyle, Dziak, ial, idag, idal, Idil, idila, kial, ndia, odia, odyle, oial, tial, Xia, xial. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "dial" (pronounced dī"ul or dī"l) |
| 4 | d ī" u l | redial. |
| 3 | -ī" u l | denial, Lisle, mistrial, pretrial, retrial, rial, trial, vial. |
| 2 | -ī" l | aisle, Argyll, awhile, beguile, bile, compile, file, guile, Heil, stile, style, Isle, mile, Phyle, pile, refile, restyle, revile, rile, smile, tile, vile, while, wile, worthwhile, Wyle. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: laid. | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-i-l" | |
-1 letter: aid, ail, dal, lad, lid. | |
-2 letters: ad, ai, al, id, la, li. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-i-l" | |
+1 letter: ailed, alcid, algid, daily, dials, drail, dulia, halid, ideal, iliad, laird, liard, lidar, nidal, plaid, tidal, valid. | |
+2 letters: acidly, aedile, afield, aidful, aisled, alcids, aldrin, algoid, alidad, alined, aliped, allied, alodia, amidol, aridly, ariled, audial, audile, avidly, bailed, bridal, dahlia, dalasi, daylit, deasil, denial, derail, detail, dialed, dialer, dialog, dilate, dismal, distal, drails, dulias, eidola, elapid, failed, hailed, halide, halids, haloid, ideals, iliads, inlaid, inland, island, jailed, laddie, ladies, lading, ladino, lairds, laired, lazied, liards, lidars, ligand, lizard, mailed, medial, miladi, milady, nailed, pallid, placid, plaids, pleiad, radial, railed, redial, relaid, ribald, sailed, salpid, sialid, tailed, tuladi, unlaid, vailed, vialed, wailed. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Sounds 10. Quotations: Familiar 11. Quotations: Fiction 12. Quotations: Non-fiction | 13. Usage Frequency 14. Names: Frequency 15. Names: Company Usage 16. Expressions | 17. Expressions: Internet 18. Translations: Modern 19. Translations: Ancient 20. Bible Trace | 21. Abbreviations 22. Acronyms 23. Derivations 24. Rhymes | 25. Anagrams 26. Bibliography |
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