Dial

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A graduated, circular scale over which a needle moves to show a measurement (such as speed).

   “The dial on the dashboard showed the car was nearly out of gas.”

2. isim Such a field as part of a clock face; (metonymic) the entire clock face.
3. isim A sundial.
4. isim A panel on a radio etc showing wavelengths or channels; a knob that is turned to change the wavelength etc.

   “Turn the dial to Radio 4: my favourite show is on!”

5. isim A disk with finger holes on a telephone; used to select the number to be called.

   “His hands were too fat to operate the dial on the telephone.”

6. isim A person's face.

   ““Well, all I can say is that if yer don't take yer dial outer the road I'll bloomin' well take an' bounce a gibber off yer crust.””

7. isim A miner's compass.
8. fiil To control or select something with a dial, or (figuratively) as if with a dial.

   “The lead guitarist for the rock band Spinal Tap dialed his amplifier to 11.”

9. fiil To select a number, or to call someone, on a telephone, regardless of whether a physical dial is present.

   “In an emergency dial 999.”

10. fiil To use a dial or a telephone.

    “Please be careful when dialling.”

11. fiil To initiate a connection to a remote computer service such as a database.

    “The application failed when attempting to dial the Postgres server, because there were too many open connections.”

12. fiil To use a dial-up modem to connect a personal computer to the Internet.

    “I always check my guestbook when I dial, just in case anyone saw my Web site.”

13. özel isim A surname.