Definition of "dialing" []

• Present participle of dial. (verb)
• The act by which a number is dialed. (noun)
• The art of constructing dials; the science of measuring time by dials. (noun)
• 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. (noun)

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• "Next thing I'm dropping is the Robaxin - dialing back to using it only when I'm in extra pain."
• "Williams, a Buddy Ryan and Dick LeBeau disciple who believes in dialing up pressure to make the opposing quarterback uncomfortable, matched good coverage by now-healthy starting cornerbacks Jabari Greer and Tracy Porter."
• "The challenge was actually in dialing back the language once I had poured it onto the page, making it accessible to people who aren't familiar with these expressions and colloquialisms."