diagramming
- n providing a chart or outline of a system
- v make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed
dial
- n the face of a timepiece; graduated to show the hours
- n the control on a radio or television set that is used for tuning
- n the circular graduated indicator on various measuring instruments
- n a disc on a telephone that is rotated a fixed distance for each number called
- v operate a dial to select a telephone number
You must take the receiver off the hook before you dial - v choose by means of a dial
dial a telephone number
dial phone
- n a telephone with a dial for registering the number to be called