subdial
English
Etymology 1
Noun
subdial (plural subdials)
- A secondary dial set into the face of a dial.
Etymology 2
(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin subdialis (“in the open air”).
Adjective
subdial (not comparable)
- Of or relating to the open air; outdoor.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “subdial”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)