dialling Definition

dial
noun

1. A disc or plate on a clock, radio, meter, etc with numbers or other scales or measurements marked on it and a movable pointer or indicator, used to indicate eg measurements of speed, time, etc or selected settings of time, temperature, radio frequency, etc.

Thesaurus: face, front, gauge, index, circle, control, indicator, meter, register.
2. The round numbered plate on some telephones and the movable disc fitted over it.

verb

(US)
tr & intr
dialled, dialling, dialed, dialing
1. To use a telephone dial or keypad to call (a number).

Thesaurus: telephone, phone, call, ring.

Derivative: dialler
noun

Etymology: 14c: from Latin dialis daily, from the fact that a sundial shows the time of day from the shadow cast on it, or from its being the name for a wheel in the clockwork of medieval clocks which turned once per day.