Dialing

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The art of constructing dials; the science which explains the principles of measuring time by the sun-dial; gnomonics.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The art of constructing dials; the science which treats of measuring time by dials.
  • noun. 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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  • verb. Present participle of dial.
  • noun. The act by which a number is dialed.
  • noun. The art of constructing dials; the science of measuring time by dials.
  • noun. 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.
  • Word Usage
    "Next thing I'm dropping is the Robaxin - dialing back to using it only when I'm in extra pain."
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