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DC motor

type of motor which works on direct current and magnetic poles
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DC motor

Summary

DC motor ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,054 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • DC motor is credited with the discovery of Zénobe Gramme[2].
  • DC motor is a type of electric motor[3].
  • DC motor is a type of DC electric machine[4].
  • DC motor's Commons category is recorded as DC motors[5].
  • DC motor's topic's main category is recorded as Category:DC motors[6].
  • DC motor's different from is recorded as DC electric machine[7].
  • DC motor's has part is recorded as commutator[8].
  • DC motor's has part is recorded as armature[9].
  • DC motor's has part is recorded as magnet[10].
  • DC motor's has part is recorded as cathode[11].
  • DC motor's has part is recorded as anode[12].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include electric motor[3] and DC electric machine[4].

Why It Matters

DC motor ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,054 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

anode cathode

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Discoverer or inventor → Zénobe Gramme
    Topic's main category → Category:DC motors
    Different from → DC electric machine
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007535934205171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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