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tone dialling

UK (US tone dialing)
 
 
noun [U] COMMUNICATIONS

Definition

a system that uses a different electronic sound for each number to make a connection with the telephone line: Other features of this phone include electronic push buttons with tone dialling. → Compare pulse dialling
(Definition of tone dialling noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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