Dial vs Dialable - What's the difference?
dial | dialable |
A graduated, circular scale over which a needle moves to show a measurement (such as speed).
A clock face.
A sundial.
A panel on a radio etc showing wavelengths or channels; a knob that is turned to change the wavelength etc.
A disk with finger holes on a telephone; used to select the number to be called.
(British, dated) A person's face.
* 1960:' ''At the sound of the old familiar voice he spun around with something of the agility of a cat on hot bricks, and I saw that his '''dial , usually cheerful, was contorted with anguish, as if he had swallowed a bad oyster.'' (, ''(Jeeves in the Offing) , chapter IX)
A miner's compass.
To measure or indicate something with a dial.
To control or select something with a dial
To select a number, or to call someone, on a telephone.
To use a dial or a telephone.
able to be dialed
* {{quote-news, year=2007, date=June 28, author=David Pogue, title=Often-Asked iPhone Questions, work=New York Times
, passage=Multiple open pages (like tabs), fonts, layouts, pop-up menus, checkboxes, clickable links and dialable phone numbers (tap with your finger). }}
As a noun dial
is a graduated, circular scale over which a needle moves to show a measurement (such as speed).As a verb dial
is to measure or indicate something with a dial.As an adjective dialable is
able to be dialed.dial
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Usage notes
* (term) and (term) are more common in the US. (term) and (term) are more common in the UK.Derived terms
* dial-in * dial in * dial-up * dialer (US) * dial tone * misdial * redialAnagrams
* * ----dialable
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