DIAL TONE

Domain	Definition
Post & Telecom	A characteristic tone emitted by a dial telephone as a signal that the system is ready for dialing. Source: European Union. (references)
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A Dial Tone is a telephony signal used to indicate that the telephone exchange is working and ready to accept a call. When automated telephone systems were first being deployed they noticed that customers were often confused by the apparent lack of response (before this, an operator would answer) and would often feel the phone was not working. To avoid this, exchange systems would play a small buzzing sound into the line instead.

Crosswords: DIAL TONE

Specialty definitions using "DIAL TONE": audible signals ♦ callback ♦ progress tones ♦ T1 tone detector-1 board, T1TD board ♦ video dial tone. (references)

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Domain	Title
Books	Dial Tone Dragnet: The Earthy Education of a Phone Man, a Collection of Short Stories (reference) (more book examples)
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Subject	Topic	Quote
Travel	Ukraine	To make long-distance calls from Ukraine, first dial 8, then wait for a new dial tone. (references)
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Expression using "DIAL TONE": video dial tone. Additional references.
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The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "DIAL TONE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Czech		oznamovací tón. (various references)

French		signal de manoeuvre, bourdonnement d'appel. (various references)

Greek		τόνος επιλογής. (various references)

Italian		Video Dial Tone (Video Dial Tone), Vdt (Video Dial Tone). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		ダイヤフラ� 圧力計 (chinese checkers, dial, dial-up, diamond, diaphragm gauge, direct, direct mail, direct marketing, direct sales, diving, doubt, Dow, down, download, downsizing, downtown, switching from mainframe to personal computers). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ダイルトーン . (various references)

Pig Latin		ialday onetay

Turkish		telefon çevir sesi, çevir sesi (dialing tone). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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	Direct Anagrams: delation.
	Words within the letters "a-d-e-i-l-n-o-t"
	-1 letter: elation, lentoid, taloned, toenail.
	-2 letters: alined, atoned, dalton, denial, dental, dentil, detail, detain, dilate, donate, eidola, entail, entoil, eolian, etalon, indole, iodate, ladino, latino, loaned, nailed, tailed, talion, tenail, tineal, toiled, tolane.
	-3 letters: ailed, alien, aline, aloin, alone, anile, anode, anole, anted, atone, danio, dealt, delta, dotal, elain, eland, elint, eloin, entia, ideal.
	Words containing the letters "a-d-e-i-l-n-o-t"
	+1 letter: dealation, deflation, defoliant, delations, insolated, planetoid, toenailed.
	+2 letters: dealations, deflations, defoliants, delegation, delineator, depilation, desolating, desolation, devotional, endothelia, gadolinite, ideational, inoculated, intaglioed, intermodal, internodal, nodalities, occidental, pentaploid, planetoids, pollinated, ponytailed.
	+3 letters: allantoides, anecdotical, chlorinated, conciliated, condimental, consolidate, deceptional, declamation, declaration, declination, decollating, decollation, defalcation, defloration, defoliating, defoliation, delectation, delegations, delineation, delineators, depilations, desalinator, desolations, devaluation, devotionals, directional, disrelation, dovetailing, educational, elucidation, endometrial, endothelial, fluorinated, gadolinites, goaltending, indomitable, inosculated, labiodental, lionhearted, malediction, mediational, nematocidal, obnubilated, pentaploids, pentaploidy, periodontal, planetoidal, radiolucent, redactional, reductional, valediction.
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Expression	Frequency per Day
dial tone	17
american dial tone	6
delinquents dial tone	3
phone dial tone	3
local dial tone	2
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DIAL TONE

Specialty Definition: DIAL TONE

Post & Telecom

Specialty Definition: Dial Tone

Crosswords: DIAL TONE

Commercial Usage: DIAL TONE

Books

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Travel

Ukraine

Expression: DIAL TONE

Frequency of Internet Keywords: DIAL TONE

dial tone

american dial tone

delinquents dial tone

phone dial tone

local dial tone

Modern Translation: DIAL TONE

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Japanese Kanji

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Anagrams: DIAL TONE

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