Tone-dialing
noun
1.
a system of calling telephone numbers wherein tones of differing pitch corresponding to the digits in the number called are electronically generated by manipulating pushbuttons (contrasted with pulse dialing).
noun
a mode of telephone dialing in which each digit has a different sound; also called touch-tone dialing
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