dial

About 5.01 uses per million words.

Meaning

noun A graduated, circular scale over which a needle moves to show a measurement (such as speed).
The dial on the dashboard showed the car was nearly out of gas.
noun Such a field as part of a clock face; the entire clock face.
noun A sundial.
noun A panel on a radio etc showing wavelengths or channels; a knob that is turned to change the wavelength etc.
Turn the dial to Radio 4: my favourite show is on!
noun A disk with finger holes on a telephone; used to select the number to be called.
His hands were too fat to operate the dial on the telephone.
noun A person's face. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
noun A miner's compass.
verb To control or select something with a dial, or (figuratively) as if with a dial.
The lead guitarist for the rock band Spinal Tap dialed his amplifier to 11.