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rotary dial

component that allows dialing numbers
class electrical_element Q668733
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rotary dial

Summary

rotary dial is an electrical element[1]. It draws 961 Wikipedia views per month (electrical_element category, ranking #3 of 8).[2]

Key Facts

  • rotary dial's instance of is recorded as electrical element[3].
  • rotary dial's instance of is recorded as Q814171[4].
  • rotary dial is a type of push-button[5].
  • rotary dial is part of dial telephone[6].
  • rotary dial's Commons category is recorded as Rotary dials[7].
  • rotary dial comprises digit[8].
  • rotary dial's different from is recorded as telephone dial[9].

Why It Matters

rotary dial draws 961 Wikipedia views per month (electrical_element category, ranking #3 of 8).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

Related Entities

push-button Rotary Un-Smartphone telephone dial

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14d 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| */ [[Property:P5775]]: W49 - Rotary dial telephone in black - case opened - upper part - rotary dial mechanics-9177.jpg"
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