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rotary dial

component that allows dialing numbers
Class type of: push-button Q668733

Facts

5 properties
Instance of
electrical element, Befehlsgeber[2]
Subclass of
push-button[3]
Part of
dial telephone[4]
Different from
telephone dial[6]
Has part(s)
digit[5]
🏷️ Also known as
en rotary dial ar مزول cs Rotační číselnice da nummerskive da drejeskive de Wählscheibe de Nummernschalter el αναλογικό καντράν el καντράν τηλεφώνου el περιστροφικό καντράν es disco de marcar fa شماره‌گیر گردان fr cadran téléphonique he טלפון חוגה ja ダイヤル式電話機 ja ロータリーダイヤル ko 로터리 다이얼 nl kiesschijf pl Tarcza numerowa pt telefone de disco
🔖 Identifiers · 5
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Kiesschijf T-65.jpg ↗
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
technology/rotary-dialing
Freebase ID
/m/06grf
KBpedia ID
RotaryDial-Telephone
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
94056039

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🔗 Connections
Different from 1
telephone dial
Has part(s) 1
digit
Instance of 1
electrical element
Subclass of 1
push-button
← Different from 1
telephone dial
← Input device 1
OXO
← Uses 1
Rotary Un-Smartphone
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Summary

rotary dial is an electrical element[1].

Related Entities

push-button Rotary Un-Smartphone telephone dial

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  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 10d ago · Marnanel · 2026-10-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Kiesschijf T-65.jpg, Waehlscheibe-kurzwahlnummern.jpg
    Image of interior → W49 - Rotary dial telephone in black - case opened - upper p
    Video → 911 dialed on a rotary phone.webm, Rotary dial.gif
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Video: Rotary dial.gif"
  2. 9w ago · ~2026-47860-24 · 2026-09-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → —
    Part of → —
    Instance of → —
    Commons category → Rotary dials
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Image of interior: W49 - Rotary dial telephone in black - case opened - upper part - rotary dial mechanics-9177.jpg"
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