"touch-tone dialing" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} touch-tone dialing (uncountable)
  1. (US, telephony) A system of telephone dialing in which each digit is transmitted as a tone or combination of tones of specific pitch. Tags: US, uncountable Categories (topical): Telephony Synonyms: dual tone multi-frequency Related terms: pulse dialing, tone dialing Translations (telephone system): Tonwahl [feminine] (German), Tonwahlverfahren [neuter] (German)

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