rotary-dial telephone

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• Rotary dial — A German Fe TAp 615, (R g) a widespread rotary dial telephone of the 1960s to the 1980s The rotary dial is a device mounted on or in a telephone or switchboard that is designed to send electrical pulses, known as pulse dialing, corresponding to… …   Wikipedia

• rotary dial — adjective Of a telephone, one activated by rotating the numeric dial instead of activating push buttons. Figuratively: any old fashioned telephone. Ant: touch tone …   Wiktionary

• rotary dial — ro′tary di′al n. tgp a disk with finger holes that is affixed to a telephone and rotated to match up the finger holes with the letters and digits of a telephone number ro′tary di′al, adj …   From formal English to slang

• rotary dial —    In a switched system, the conventional telephone dialing method that creates a series of pulses to identify the called station …   IT glossary of terms, acronyms and abbreviations

• Telephone — The telephone (from the el. τῆλε, tēle , far and φωνή, phōnē , voice ) is a telecommunications device that is used to transmit and receive sound (most commonly speech), usually two people conversing but occasionally three or more. It is one of… …   Wikipedia

• telephone — telephoner, n. /tel euh fohn /, n., v., telephoned, telephoning. n. 1. an apparatus, system, or process for transmission of sound or speech to a distant point, esp. by an electric device. v.t. 2. to speak to or summon (a person) by telephone. 3.… …   Universalium

• Telephone numbering plan — Area Code redirects here. For the song by Ludacris, see Area Codes (song). A telephone numbering plan is a type of numbering scheme used in telecommunications to allocate telephone numbers to subscribers and to route telephone calls in a… …   Wikipedia

• Telephone exchange — A telephone operator manually connecting calls with cord pairs at a telephone switchboard. In the field of telecommunications, a telephone exchange or telephone switch is a system of electronic components that connects telephone calls. A central… …   Wikipedia

• dial — /duy euhl, duyl/, n., v., dialed, dialing or (esp. Brit.) dialled, dialling, adj. n. 1. a plate, disk, face, or other surface containing markings or figures upon which the time of day is indicated by hands, pointers, or shadows, as of a clock or… …   Universalium

• Telephone number — A telephone number or phone number is a sequence of digits used to call from one telephone line to another in a public switched telephone network. When telephone numbers were invented, they were short as few as one, two or three digits and were… …   Wikipedia

• dial — di•al [[t]ˈdaɪ əl, daɪl[/t]] n. v. di•aled, di•al•ing (esp. brit.)di•alled, di•al•ling. 1) hor a plate or disk on a clock, watch, or sundial, containing graduated markings or figures, upon which the time of day is indicated by hands, pointers, or …   From formal English to slang