dial | (noun) the face of a timepiece; graduated to show the hours | - |
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(noun) a disc on a telephone that is rotated a fixed distance for each number called | Synonyms: telephone dial |
(noun) the circular graduated indicator on various measuring instruments | - |
(noun) the control on a radio or television set that is used for tuning | - |
dialect | (noun) the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people | Synonyms: accent, idiom |
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dialectic | (noun) any formal system of reasoning that arrives at the truth by the exchange of logical arguments | - |
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(noun) a contradiction of ideas that serves as the determining factor in their interaction | - |
dialectician | (noun) a logician skilled in dialectic | - |
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dialectics | (noun) a rationale for dialectical materialism based on change through the conflict of opposing forces | - |
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dialectology | (noun) the branch of philology that is devoted to the study of dialects | - |
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dialog | (noun) the lines spoken by characters in drama or fiction | Synonyms: dialogue |
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(noun) a conversation between two persons | Synonyms: dialogue, duologue |
(noun) a literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people | Synonyms: dialogue |
dialogism | (noun) the use in a text of different tones or viewpoints, whose interaction or contradiction is important to the text's interpretation. | - |
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dialogue | (noun) the lines spoken by characters in drama or fiction | Synonyms: dialog |
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(noun) a conversation between two persons | Synonyms: dialog, duologue |
(noun) a literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people | Synonyms: dialog |
(noun) a discussion intended to produce an agreement | Synonyms: negotiation, talks |
dialysis | (noun) separation of substances in solution by means of their unequal diffusion through semipermeable membranes | - |
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dialyzer | (noun) a medical instrument for separating substances in solution by unequal diffusion through semipermeable membranes | Synonyms: dialysis machine |
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