rotary dial



rotary dial

The disk on a rotary telephone that is turned to dial a phone number. I hated having to use a rotary dial as a kid—it's so much easier to dial a phone number by pressing buttons.
See also: dial

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Gedalyahu-Biblical Hebrew
Adelina[.ædi'li:nə]
Wilhelmus-Dutch
Lhamo-Tibetan, Bhutanese
Short[ʃɔ:t]
Verica-Serbian, Croatian