dialing
verbnouncommon in dialogue
The act by which a number is dialed.
verb
- 1
Also a form of dialpresent participle and gerund of dial
noun
- 1
The act by which a number is dialed.
Even with that many votes, a few thousand errant dialings could affect the results.
- 2
archaicThe 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.
Forms
- plural
- dialings