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dialling, dialing, vbl. n.|ˈdaɪəlɪŋ|
[f. dial n.1 and v. + -ing1.]
1. a. The art of constructing dials. †b. The measurement of time by a dial (obs.).
1570Dee Math. Pref. 37 Horometrie..in Englishe, may be termed Dialling. 1593T. Fale (title), The Art of Dialling; teaching an easie and perfect way to make all kinde of Dialls vpon any plaine platte, howsoeuer placed. 1703Moxon Mech. Exerc. 307 These Rules of adjusting the Motion of the Shadow to the Motion of the Sun, may be called Scientifick Dyalling. 1727–51Chambers Cycl., Dialling, the art of drawing sun, moon, and star-dials, on any given plane, or on the surface of any given body. 1837Whewell Hist. Induct. Sc. (1857) I. 122 Another result of the doctrine of the sphere was Gnomonick or Dialling.
2. a. The use of a ‘dial’ or compass in underground surveying.
1670Sir J. Pettus Fodinœ Regalis 2 He is directed toward the Shaft by a Needle touch'd with a Loadstone, the using whereof is called Dialling. 1778W. Pryce Min. Cornub. 202 Dialling is requisite in almost every shaft.
b. The act or process of dial v. 4.
1931Punch 27 May 564/1 Those who think they can understand dialling but can't. 1965C. Fremlin Jealous One xxi. 169 After four or five minutes of fruitless dialling..she allowed herself to admit that there were no taxis available.
†3. concr. Apparatus of the nature of dials. rare.
1756Nugent Gr. Tour I. 258 A handsome garden, in which there is a variety of dialling.
4. attrib. and Comb., as (sense 2 b) dialling apparatus, dialling code; dialling-globe (see quot.); dialling-scale, graduated lines on rulers, the edge of quadrants, etc., to facilitate the construction of dials; dialling-sphere, a variety of dialling-globe; dialling tone, the sound produced by a telephone where automatic exchanges are in operation, indicating that the line is in order and the caller can start dialling.
1933Discovery Apr. 132/1 Mechanical equipment is required to pilot the call through each successive stage from the *dialling apparatus to the final selector.
1962A. Nisbett Technique Sound Studio x. 176 Dialling is rather more of a performance than being on the receiving end of a phone call, simply because most *dialling codes are much too long.
1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), *Dialling-Globe, an Instrument made of Brass or Wood, with a Plane fitted to the Horizon, and an Index particularly contrived to draw all sorts of Dials, and to give a clear demonstration of that Art.
1767Phil. Trans. LVII. 389 A new Method of constructing Sun-Dials..without the Assistance of *Dialing Scales.
1666Collins in Rigaud Corr. Sci. Men (1841) II. 462 A *dialling scheme of Mr. Foster's.
1922Telegr. & Teleph. Jrnl. VIII. No. 84, 82/1 As soon as a connexion has been made with an idle final selector, a ‘*Dialling tone’ is transmitted to the subscriber. 1927Daily Express 28 Oct. 3/1 The dialling tone is heard as soon as you place the receiver to your ear—if your line is in order. 1966A. Prior Operators v. 47 ‘Hello, hello!’ But there was just the dialling tone. |