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electrically operated switch
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relay

Summary

relay ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,065 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • relay is a type of electrical switch[2].
  • relay's Commons category is recorded as Relays[3].
  • relay comprises electromagnet[4].
  • relay comprises electrical contact[5].
  • relay's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1835[6].
  • relay's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Relays[7].
  • relay's Commons gallery is recorded as Relay[8].
  • relay's different from is recorded as base transceiver station[9].
  • relay's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[10].

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Definition and Type

relay is a type of electrical switch[2].

Use and Application

Components include electromagnet[4], a type of magnets[11] and electrical contact[5].

Why It Matters

relay ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,065 views/month).[1] relay has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] relay is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

Related Entities

µPC1327

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [11] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → base transceiver station
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 3505019
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → electrical switch
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 19416, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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