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telegraph key

electrical switch used to transmit text messages in Morse code
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Summary

telegraph key ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,150 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: telegraph[2]
  • Commons category: Telegraph keys[3]

Why It Matters

telegraph key has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[4] It is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[5]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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MLA “telegraph key.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 14 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/telegraph-key.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_telegraph-key_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{telegraph key}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/telegraph-key}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-14}}
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  1. 3d ago · Maxeto0910 · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['commons', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'fr', 'he', 'it', 'ja', 'ko', 'm
    Subclass of → telegraph
    Subclass of → —
    Claims rich → —
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