rotary dial
Speech parts
1. rotary dial - Noun
2. rotary dial - Adjective
Meaning
a disk with finger holes, used to enter numbers by rotating the disk forward and letting it slide back
a telephone with such a disk
rotary dial (not comparable)
(of a telephone) using a rotary dial, rather than push buttons
rotary-dial (plural rotary-dials)
Alternative form of rotary dial
rotary-dial (not comparable)
Alternative form of rotary dial
Alternative names
rotary-dial
Synonyms
Examples
Rotary dial Strowger also filed the first patent for a rotary dial in 1891.
Rotary dial telephones have no redial feature; the complete number has to be dialed for every attempted call.