DIALING
Verb
dialing
present participle of dial
Noun
dialing (plural dialings)
The act by which a number is dialed.
(archaic) The art of constructing dials; the science of measuring time by dials.
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.
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Source: Wiktionary
Di"al*ing, n.
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.
DIAL
Di"al, n. Etym: [LL. dialis daily, fr. L. dies day. See Deity.]
1. An instrument, formerly much used for showing the time of day from the shadow of a style or gnomon on a graduated arc or surface; esp., a sundial; but there are lunar and astral dials. The style or gnomon is usually parallel to the earth's axis, but the dial plate may be either horizontal or vertical.
2. The graduated face of a timepiece, on which the time of day is shown by pointers or hands.
3. A miner's compass. Dial bird (Zoöl.), an Indian bird (Copsychus saularius), allied to the European robin. The name is also given to other related species.
– Dial lock, a lock provided with one or more plates having numbers or letters upon them. These plates must be adjusted in a certain determined way before the lock can be operated.
– Dial plate, the plane or disk of a dial or timepiece on which lines and figures for indicating the time are placed.
Di"al, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dialed or Dialled; p. pr. & vb. n. Dialing or Dialling.]
1. To measure with a dial. Hours of that true time which is dialed in heaven. Talfourd.
2. (Mining)
Definition: To survey with a dial. Raymond.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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