Dial and Rotate

Dial

Dial verb - To make a telephone call to.

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Rotate and dial are semantically related in tune to desired position topic. In some cases you can use "Rotate" instead a verb "Dial".

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

Rotate verb - To move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis.

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Dial and rotate are semantically related in activity topic. Sometimes you can use "Dial" instead a verb "Rotate".

Nearby Words: rotation, rotated, rotating, rotary, rotational

way	dial way	rotate way
earth	dial earth	rotate earth

This is done via a Mini-Game, in which the player must rotate the safe's lock dial with the joystick.

Source: Lockpicking Minigame
The Secret of Monkey Island used a code wheel called "Dial-a-Pirate", whereupon loading the game, the user had to rotate the wheel to match the upper and lower halves of a series of pirate faces and then return the given date revealed by the wheel.

Source: Copy Protection / LucasArts

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