Dial and Watch

Dial

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

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

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

Watch noun - A person or group that watches over someone or something.

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Dial and watch are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dial" instead a noun "Watch".

Nearby Words: watchful, watched, watcher, watching

When Vilgax later steals it during Alien Force, the watch refuses to work for him... until Ben presses the dial in a Tricking the Shapeshifter plan.

Source: Empathic Weapon
Nuclear engineering is often described as "You will watch every dial, with absolute attention, all of the time." and must be ready at any moment to take the necessary steps to bring a problem under control.

Source: Nerves of Steel
While emptying a cryogenic oxygen tank using a heater, the dial used to watch the temperature did not go above the expected maximum, and as a result no one knew that the temperature was getting significantly higher and damaging some equipment.

Source: Inventional Wisdom

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