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telegraph key

electrical switch used to transmit text messages in Morse code
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telegraph key

Summary

telegraph key ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (154 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • telegraph key's subclass of is recorded as telegraph[2].
  • telegraph key's Commons category is recorded as Telegraph keys[3].
  • telegraph key's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/019ngl[4].
  • telegraph key's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/1232j934[5].
  • telegraph key's icon is recorded as IEEE 315 Contacts, Switches, Contactors, and Relays Symbols (150).svg[6].
  • telegraph key's 3D model is recorded as Morse-telegraph-key-150k (Smithsonian Institution).stl[7].
  • telegraph key's 3D model is recorded as Morse-telegraph-key-master-geometry (Smithsonian Institution).stl[8].
  • telegraph key's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2778690651[9].

Why It Matters

telegraph key ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (154 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). telegraph key. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/telegraph-key
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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: 2026-04-10}}
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