dialing

alternative dialling

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of dial

plural dialings · alternative dialling

1. The act by which a number is dialed.

   Even with that many votes, a few thousand errant dialings could affect the results.

   2008 April 12, Edward Wyatt, “As Callers, ‘Idol’ Fans Often Lack Real Talent”, in New York Times

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.