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dialings

dialings is the plural of dialing.

Meaning of dialing

Noun

dialing (plural dialings)

  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. (archaic) The 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.

Questions about dialings

What is dialings the plural of?
Dialings is the plural of dialing.

Words near dialings in the dictionary

  1. dialing in
  2. dialing into
  3. dialing it in
  4. dialing out
  5. dialing up
  6. dialings
  7. dialist
  8. dialists
  9. dialize
  10. dialized
  11. dializes

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