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touch-tone dialing

touch-tone dialing noun: a system of telephone dialing in which each digit is transmitted as a tone or combination of tones of specific pitch.

Noun

touch-tone dialing (uncountable)

  1. (US) A system of telephone dialing in which each digit is transmitted as a tone or combination of tones of specific pitch.

Synonyms of touch-tone dialing

Questions about touch-tone dialing

What does touch-tone dialing mean?
Touch-tone dialing means a system of telephone dialing in which each digit is transmitted as a tone or combination of tones of specific pitch.
What part of speech is touch-tone dialing?
Touch-tone dialing is a noun.

Words near touch-tone dialing in the dictionary

  1. touch-phone
  2. touch-phones
  3. touch-screen
  4. touch-screens
  5. touch-tone
  6. touch-tone dialing
  7. touch-tone dialling
  8. touch-tones
  9. touch-type
  10. touch-typed
  11. touch-types

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