(US, telephony) A system of telephone dialing in which each digit is transmitted as a burst of a single audio frequency.

(US, telephony) A system of telephone dialing in which each digit is transmitted as the equivalent number of pulses.

A sundial marking canonical hours. / An elliptical plate marking the state of the ocean tides.

(computing) A network connection that requires a telephone number to be dialed.

(computing, of a connection to a network) Requiring a telephone number to be dialed.

(of a telephone) using a rotary dial, rather than push buttons

a disk with finger holes, used to enter numbers by rotating the disk forward and letting it slide back / a telephone with such a disk

A form of on-demand transportation similar to public transit usually in areas or during times where fixed route service is not available or possible and resembling paratransit, taxi, or shuttle service in its execution.

present participle of butt dial

(Canada, US, colloquial) The action of making a call from a cellphone in one's back pocket where its buttons are being inadvertently pressed