Dialing
noun, verb
noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
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 The art of constructing dials. archaic
- 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.
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of dial form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"I forgot to lift the receiver before dialing the number."