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rheostat

device that adjusts magnitude of current in a circuit by changing length
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rheostat
Wheatstone, Charles · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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rheostat

Summary

rheostat ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (58 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • rheostat's image is recorded as Wheatstone Rheostat 2.png[2].
  • rheostat's subclass of is recorded as resistor[3].
  • rheostat's Commons category is recorded as Rheostats[4].
  • rheostat's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300033475[5].
  • rheostat's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[6].
  • rheostat's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as technology/rheostat[7].
  • rheostat's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/12135y7h[8].
  • rheostat's icon is recorded as RheostatSymbol.png[9].
  • rheostat's Treccani ID is recorded as reostato[10].
  • rheostat's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as reostat_-_elektrisitetslære[11].
  • rheostat's Elhuyar ZTH ID is recorded as 023306[12].
  • rheostat's Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging is recorded as 8813[13].

Why It Matters

rheostat ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (58 views/month).[1] rheostat has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] rheostat is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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