Definition of "dialing"

dialing

verb
1. present participle and gerund of dial
noun
plural dialings
1. The act by which a number is dialed.
  Quotations
  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 dials.
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.