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thermistor

type of resistor whose resistance varies with temperature
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thermistor

Summary

thermistor is a type of electronic component[1]. thermistor draws 1,431 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_electronic_component category, ranking #9 of 16).[2]

Key Facts

  • thermistor is credited with the discovery of Michael Faraday[3].
  • thermistor's instance of is recorded as type of electronic component[4].
  • thermistor is a type of resistor[5].
  • thermistor's Commons category is recorded as Thermistors[6].
  • thermistor's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1833[7].
  • thermistor's has characteristic is recorded as dependency[8].
  • thermistor's different from is recorded as thermal resistance[9].
  • thermistor's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[10].

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Definition and Type

thermistor's instance of is recorded as type of electronic component[4]. thermistor is a type of resistor[5].

Why It Matters

thermistor draws 1,431 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_electronic_component category, ranking #9 of 16).[2] thermistor has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] thermistor is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

Related Entities

Michael Faraday

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d 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 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007534020905171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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