commutator

rotary electrical switch that periodically reverses the current direction between the rotor and the external circuit
Thing electrical_element Q840916
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commutator

Summary

commutator is an electrical element[1]. commutator draws 255 Wikipedia views per month (electrical_element category, ranking #5 of 8).[2]

Key Facts

  • commutator is credited with the discovery of Moritz von Jacobi[3].
  • commutator's image is recorded as Kommutator universalmotor stab.jpg[4].
  • commutator's instance of is recorded as electrical element[5].
  • commutator's subclass of is recorded as electric power converter[6].
  • commutator's part of is recorded as electric machine[7].
  • commutator's Commons category is recorded as Electrical commutators[8].
  • commutator's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01fr49[9].
  • commutator's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[10].
  • commutator's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[11].
  • commutator's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as technology/commutator[12].
  • commutator's different from is recorded as Kommutator[13].
  • commutator's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as kommutator[14].
  • commutator's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 182566221[15].
  • commutator's Online PWN Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 3924728[16].
  • commutator's Lex ID is recorded as kommutator[17].
  • commutator's WordNet 3.1 Synset ID is recorded as 03082674-n[18].
  • commutator's museum-digital tag ID is recorded as 95232[19].

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Works and Contributions

commutator is credited with the discovery of Moritz von Jacobi[3].

Why It Matters

commutator draws 255 Wikipedia views per month (electrical_element category, ranking #5 of 8).[2] commutator has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] commutator is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  7. [9] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] . GF WordNet. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_commutator_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{commutator}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/commutator}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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