Dial and Hand

Dial

Dial noun - The circular graduated indicator on various measuring instruments.

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Hand and dial are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hand" instead a noun "Dial".

Nearby Words: dialed, dialled, dialing, dialling, dialler

Hand noun - An arrow-shaped piece on a dial or scale for registering information.

Usage example: both hands of the clock pointed to 12

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Dial and hand are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dial" instead a noun "Hand".

Nearby Words: handle, handy, handed, handful, handhold

E-Z tries "changing the channel" and Zigzag smashes his hand into the dial button so hard, the ridges on it cut his hand open.

Source: Literature / Holes
This was advertised by wanging a massive picture of a head with a question mark in it over the right-hand third of the screen and a question with a phone number to dial on the other two thirds.

Source: Commercial Pop-Up
To dial a number, you just imagined punching numbers on a keypad under your right hand.

Source: Holographic Terminal

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