ROTARYDIAL

Rotary dial

A rotary dial is a component of a telephone or a telephone switchboard that implements a signaling technology in telecommunications known as pulse dialing. It is used when initiating a telephone call to transmit the destination telephone number to a telephone exchange.

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rotary dial

Noun

  1. A telephone with a rotary dial to indicate the number to be called.

Adjective

  1. Activated by rotating the numeric dial instead of activating push buttons.


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