dialing

noun4

1. •
   The act by which a number is dialed.

   • Even with that many votes, a few thousand errant dialings could affect the results. — 2008
2. •
   The science of measuring time by use of a dial.
3. •
   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.
4. •
   (no longer used) The art of constructing dials.