f. numara çevirmek, telefon etmek. My little sister can dial daddy on her own now. (Küçük kardeşim artık kendi kendine babamın numarasını çevirebiliyor.)

An instrument, formerly much used for showing the time of day
from the shadow of a style or gnomon on a graduated arc or surface;
esp., a sundial; but there are lunar and astral dials. The style or
gnomon is usually parallel to the earth’s axis, but the dial plate may
be either horizontal or vertical.

A miner’s compass.

To measure with a dial.

To survey with a dial.