Dial (German: Zifferblatt, from Ziffer - digit + Blatt - leaf, sheet) - a panel of a device, for example, a clock, with numbers, a plate with circular divisions denoting hours, minutes or other units of measurement, and with placed below them numbers (used in clocks and other measuring devices, for example, in stopwatches, clock-type indicators, dial scales or curvimeters).In a sundial, depending on the type and location of the plane on which the shadow of the rod is cast, there are equatorial, horizontal and vertical ones.
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