Definition of Telephone dial

1. Noun. A disc on a telephone that is rotated a fixed distance for each number called.

Exact synonyms: Dial
Group relationships: Dial Phone, Dial Telephone
Terms within: Finger Hole
Generic synonyms: Selector, Selector Switch
Derivative terms: Dial, Dial

Lexicographical Neighbors of Telephone Dial

telephone bell
telephone bill
telephone book
telephone booth
telephone booths
telephone box
telephone call
telephone calls
telephone card
telephone cards
telephone circuit
telephone company
telephone conference
telephone conversation
telephone cord
telephone dial (current term)
telephone directories
telephone directory
telephone exchange
telephone extension
telephone interview
telephone jack
telephone jacks
telephone kiosk
telephone line
telephone lines
telephone message
telephone number
telephone numbers
telephone operator

Literary usage of Telephone dial

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Financial Services Reform: Congressional Hearing edited by Michael G. Oxley (1999)
"But this potential cannot be realized under the legal structure created before the era of the rotary telephone dial. Today, many regulatory requirements ..."

2. The Power to Choose: Demand Response in Liberalised Electricity Markets by International Energy Agency (2003)
"Subscribing to a telephone dial-up notification service. • Checking an electrical device (compteur electronique) provided by EDF that can be plugged into ..."

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