dialog

noun, verb — 3 senses

dialog

noun

UK /ˈdaɪəlɒɡ/ · US /ˈdaɪəlɑɡ/

Etymology Variant of dialogue. Equivalent to dia- + -log or di- + -alog.

1

US, Uncommon Uncommon spelling of dialogue.

  • The purpose of the dialog is not historical accuracy; the argument is all, as it is with Plato's Socrates.2008, Peter Kreeft, Between Heaven and Hell: A Dialog Somewhere Beyond Death, InterVarsity Press, →ISBN, page 10:
  • Besides, a video post room's console is smaller than those used for film, and you couldn't squander a dozen or more channels on dialog.2008, Jay Rose, chapter 8, in Audio Postproduction for Film and Video (Motion Pictures), Focal Press, →ISBN, page 18-:
1 more example
  • As we conclude our third annual report on explaining extreme events, the dialog around the value of attribution science is intensifying (Kerr 2013).2014, Stephanie C. Herring, Martin P. Hoerling, Thomas C. Peterson, Peter A. Stott, “Explaining Extreme Events”, in American Meteorological Society, archived from the original on 17 Apr 2015:
2

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences Abbreviation, Ellipsis Ellipsis of dialog box.

  • You'll be prompted with the New Project dialog (see Figure 1.11) from which you'll have at least two types of projects from which to choose […]2002, Christopher Tacke, Timothy Bassett, Embedded Visual Basic: Windows CE and Pocket PC Mobile Applications:
Antonyms
introspection, monolog, multilog
Derived terms
dialog balloon, dialog box, dialogic, dialogise, dialogism, dialogist, dialogize, dialog tag, dialog window, modal dialog, subdialog
Related terms
dialect, dialectic, dialectical, dialectically, dialogical, dialogically, dialogistic, dialogistically

dialog

verb

Etymology Variant of dialogue. Equivalent to dia- + -log or di- + -alog.

1

US, Uncommon Uncommon spelling of dialogue.

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