"subdial" meaning in English

See subdial in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /sʌbˈdaɪəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-subdial2.wav
Etymology: Latin subdiālis, from sub diō (“under the sky, in the open air”), from Proto-Italic *djous (“day, sky”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|subdiālis}} Latin subdiālis, {{der|en|itc-pro|*djous||day, sky}} Proto-Italic *djous (“day, sky”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} subdial (not comparable)
  1. (obsolete) open-air; outdoor. Tags: not-comparable, obsolete Synonyms: sub dio
    Sense id: en-subdial-en-adj-5eX2u5IB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English heteronyms, English undefined derivations, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 31 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 77 23 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 76 24
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ˈsʌbˌdaɪəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-subdial.wav Forms: subdials [plural]
Etymology: From sub- + dial. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|sub|dial}} sub- + dial Head templates: {{en-noun}} subdial (plural subdials)
  1. A secondary dial set into the face of a dial.
    Sense id: en-subdial-en-noun-mTguJ4KS Categories (other): English terms prefixed with sub-
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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