overhead power line

above-ground structure for bulk transfer and distribution of electricity
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overhead power line
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overhead power line

Summary

overhead power line ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (868 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • overhead power line is a type of power cable[2].
  • overhead power line is a type of high-voltage power line[3].
  • overhead power line is part of electrical grid[4].
  • overhead power line's Commons category is recorded as Overhead power lines[5].
  • overhead power line comprises ground wire[6].
  • overhead power line comprises overhead power line conductor[7].
  • overhead power line's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Overhead power lines[8].
  • overhead power line's topic's main category is recorded as Category:High-voltage overhead power lines[9].
  • overhead power line's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as power=line[10].
  • overhead power line's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'ВЛ'}[11].
  • overhead power line's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'uk', 'text': 'ПЛ'}[12].
  • overhead power line's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'OHL'}[13].
  • overhead power line's different from is recorded as overhead contact line[14].
  • overhead power line's different from is recorded as electrical cable[15].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include power cable[2] and high-voltage power line[3].

Use and Application

Components include ground wire[6], a protective device[16] and overhead power line conductor[7]. It is part of electrical grid[4].

Why It Matters

overhead power line ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (868 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  9. [10] . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [16] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) ground wire, overhead power line conductor
    Part of electrical grid
    Part of
    Has parts
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 27748, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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