- Not to be confused with a diol, a chemical containing two hydroxyl groups.
Dial may mean:
- -dial, the suffix for dialdehydes (a molecule with two aldehyde groups)
- 'dial.' can be an abbreviation for 'dialect'
- Dial (display), a display device in radio, measuring instruments, etc.
- Dial Corporation, a consumer products company that is a wholly owned subsidiary of Henkel KGaA.
- Slang for a person's face
- Dial House, an anarchist-pacifist open house in Essex, England
- Dial Records, a name used by several record companies
- Dunedin International Airport Limited, New Zealand
- Mode dial, part of dSLR and SLR-like digital cameras
- Rotary dial, a device for the input of numbers in telephones and similar devices
- A sundial or clock face
- The Dial, an American magazine published intermittently from 1840 to 1929.
[edit] Etymology
Its original meaning was sundial and/or clock dial, from Latin diālis meaning daily, or concerning the day, because of its use in telling the time of day.
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