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Webster 1913 Edition


Dialing

Di′al-ing

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Noun.
1.
The art of constructing dials; the science which treats of measuring time by dials.
[Written also
dialling
.]
2.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Dialing

DIALING

,
Noun.
The art of constructing dials, or of drawing dials on a plane. The sciateric science, or knowledge of showing the time by shadows.

Definition 2024


dialing

dialing

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Verb

dialing

  1. present participle of dial

Noun

dialing (plural dialings)

  1. The act by which a number is dialed.
    • 2008 April 12, Edward Wyatt, “As Callers, ‘Idol’ Fans Often Lack Real Talent”, in New York Times:
      Even with that many votes, a few thousand errant dialings could affect the results.
  2. (archaic) The art of constructing dials; the science of measuring time by dials.
  3. 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.

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