It's probably for mounting in a lighting control panel and could be controlled by a remote potentiometer or maybe one on the front of the panel. There's various possibilities though depending on the particular dimmer you've stumbled across.
Usually controlled by a push switch, the longer you hold it the dimmer it gets or flick it once and you get full brightness. The ones i use also have a memory function to emember last setting.
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