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relay

electrically operated switch
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Summary

relay is an electro-mechanical component[1]. relay ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,423 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: electrical switch[3]
  • Commons category: Relays[4]
  • Has part(s): electromagnet[5], electrical contact[6]
  • Time of discovery or invention: 1835[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Relays[8]
  • Commons gallery: Relay[9]
  • Different from: base transceiver station[10]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[11]
  • P14541: 2GTKRD[12]

Why It Matters

relay has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] relay is known by 65 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

µPC1327

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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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. 27d ago · Kordishal · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → electro-mechanical component
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Instance of: electro-mechanical component"
  2. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0005683-rele
    P14541 → 2GTKRD
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  3. 21w 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 */ Yso id: 19416, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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