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thermistor

type of resistor whose resistance varies with temperature
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Summary

thermistor is a type of electronic component[1]. thermistor draws 3,792 Wikipedia views per month (type of electronic component category, ranking #9 of 16).[2]

Key Facts

  • Discoverer or inventor: Michael Faraday[3]
  • Subclass of: resistor[4]
  • Commons category: Thermistors[5]
  • Time of discovery or invention: 1833[6]
  • Has characteristic: dependency[7]
  • Different from: thermal resistance[8]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Mathematics[9]

Why It Matters

thermistor has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] thermistor is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

Related Entities

Michael Faraday

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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  1. 5w ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Iev number → 151-13-24
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Iev number: 151-13-24, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/102056105|thermistor (#102056105)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/3984|IEC 60050]] #mix'n'"
  2. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0009811-termistory
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0009811-termistory, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  3. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → type of electronic component
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Mathematics
    Discoverer or inventor → Michael Faraday
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 4189305
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007534020905171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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