busbar

metallic strip or bar used for high-current electric power distribution
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busbar

Summary

busbar ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,573 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • busbar is made of copper[2].
  • busbar is made of electrical conductor[3].
  • busbar is made of insulator[4].
  • busbar is made of aluminium[5].
  • busbar is a type of part[6].
  • busbar is a type of wire[7].
  • busbar is a type of electric power systems component[8].
  • busbar is a type of electrical conductor[9].
  • busbar is a type of power electronic component[10].
  • busbar is part of electrical installations[11].
  • busbar is used for electric power distribution[12].
  • busbar's Commons category is recorded as Busbars[13].
  • busbar's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as line=busbar[14].
  • busbar's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as power=line[15].
  • busbar's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6[16].
  • busbar's has characteristic is recorded as electrical conductivity[17].
  • busbar's P14692 is recorded as Template:Morris Motor Company[18].
  • busbar's P14692 is recorded as Seattle[19].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include part[6], wire[7], electric power systems component[8], electrical conductor[9], and power electronic component[10].

Use and Application

busbar is used for electric power distribution[12]. busbar is part of electrical installations[11].

Why It Matters

busbar ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,573 views/month).[1] busbar has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] busbar is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_busbar_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{busbar}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/busbar}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-02}}
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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 23d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Iev number → 605-02-01, 151-12-30
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P8855]]: 151-12-30, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/102056069|busbar (#102056069)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/3984|IEC 60050]] #mix'n'matc"
  2. 6w ago · Andber08 · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Made from material → copper, electrical conductor, insulator +1
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P186]]: [[Q663]]"
  3. 6w ago · Lucidieaux · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → electrical installations
    Subclass of → —
    Part of → —
    P14692 → Template:Morris Motor Company, Seattle
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48943|batch #48943]]: Add OSM wiki item IDs to items with matching OSM tags"
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