noun

• Method of telephone dialing in which each digit is transmitted as a corresponding number of electronic pulses.

  Compare with tone dialing

  ‘The rotary dial is a device mounted on or in a telephone or switchboard that is designed to send interrupted electrical pulses, known as pulse dialling, corresponding to the number dialed.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘In pulse dialling you can hear multiple ‘clicks’ in the earpiece when buttons are pressed on your telephone keypad.’