English Explanatory Dictionary

dialing

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. present participle and gerund of dial
noun
  1. The act by which a number is dialed.
  2. The art of constructing dials.
  3. The science of measuring time by use of a dial.
  4. A method of surveying, especially in mines, in which the bearings of the courses, or the angles which they make with each other, are determined by means of the circumferentor; the use of a miner's dial.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

dialing dialling dialings

Derived words

decadic dialing decadic dialling demon dialing dialling code dialling tone loop disconnect dialing pulse dialling rotary dialing tone dialling touch-tone dialling
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