Nixie tube

gas-filled digital indicator tube using stacked cathodes in the shape of digits or characters
class practices Q289241
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Nixie tube

Summary

Nixie tube ranks in the top 4% of practices entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (420 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Nixie tube's image is recorded as ZM1210-operating.jpg[2].
  • Nixie tube's manufacturer is recorded as Burroughs Corporation[3].
  • Nixie tube's depicts is recorded as digit[4].
  • Nixie tube's depicts is recorded as character[5].
  • Nixie tube's GND ID is recorded as 4190810-7[6].
  • Nixie tube's subclass of is recorded as neon lamp[7].
  • Nixie tube's subclass of is recorded as gas-discharge lamp[8].
  • Nixie tube's subclass of is recorded as display device[9].
  • Nixie tube's subclass of is recorded as alphanumeric indicator tube[10].
  • Nixie tube's Commons category is recorded as Nixie tubes[11].
  • Nixie tube's color is recorded as orange[12].
  • Nixie tube's has part is recorded as mesh[13].
  • Nixie tube's has part is recorded as gas-filled tube[14].
  • Nixie tube's has part is recorded as Penning mixture[15].
  • Nixie tube's has part is recorded as stack[16].
  • +1955-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Nixie tube[17].
  • Nixie tube's source of energy is recorded as electrical energy[18].
  • Nixie tube's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0hmwc[19].
  • Nixie tube's uses is recorded as electric glow discharge[20].
  • Nixie tube's has part is recorded as cathode[21].
  • Nixie tube's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 15132053[22].
  • Nixie tube's Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID is recorded as gazorazriadnye-indikatory-b73b80[23].

Why It Matters

Nixie tube ranks in the top 4% of practices entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (420 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
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  18. [19] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  19. [20] . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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