circuit breaker
automatically operated electrical switch designed to protect an electrical circuit from damage caused by excess current from an overload or short circuit
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Summary
circuit breaker ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (821 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- circuit breaker's image is recorded as Circuit breaker 2 pole on DIN rail.JPG[2].
- circuit breaker's subclass of is recorded as overcurrent protection[3].
- circuit breaker's subclass of is recorded as protect switch[4].
- circuit breaker's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00571798[5].
- circuit breaker's Commons category is recorded as Circuit breakers[6].
- circuit breaker's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01j7v8[7].
- circuit breaker's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph121365[8].
- circuit breaker's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300050627[9].
- circuit breaker's PSH ID is recorded as 2235[10].
- circuit breaker's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 1582875[11].
- circuit breaker's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as power=switch[12].
- circuit breaker's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as switch=circuit_breaker[13].
- circuit breaker's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0099434[14].
- circuit breaker's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[15].
- circuit breaker's has characteristic is recorded as breaking capacity[16].
- circuit breaker's has characteristic is recorded as tripping characteristic[17].
- circuit breaker's has characteristic is recorded as Q31836033[18].
- circuit breaker's has characteristic is recorded as colloquial expression[19].
- circuit breaker's different from is recorded as fuse[20].
- circuit breaker's different from is recorded as trading curb[21].
- circuit breaker's MCN code is recorded as 8536.20.00[22].
- circuit breaker's UNSPSC code is recorded as 39121601[23].
- circuit breaker's icon is recorded as Symbol Circuit-breaker.svg[24].
- circuit breaker's Quora topic ID is recorded as Circuit-Breakers-1[25].
- circuit breaker's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as circuit-breakers[26].
Why It Matters
circuit breaker ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (821 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 48 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]