A dial indicator is like a measuring tool that helps us see how much something moves. Let's say we want to measure how much a car tire moves up and down. We can attach the dial indicator to a stand and put the tire on top. When we push down on the tire, the dial indicator shows us how much the tire moves. The dial indicator has a little hand that moves around a circle with numbers on it. The hand moves as we push down on the tire, and we can read the number where the hand stops. This tells us exactly how much the tire moved. This is like a game where we have to guess how much something moved, but the dial indicator helps us get the answer right every time.