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Retarder

Device used to slow railroad cars in classification yards
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Retarder

Summary

Retarder ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (33 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Retarder's image is recorded as Frictionbrakes.jpg[2].
  • Retarder's subclass of is recorded as brake[3].
  • Retarder's Commons category is recorded as Retarders (rail transport)[4].
  • Retarder's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/025wxrj[5].
  • Retarder's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/1hb_d745m[6].

Why It Matters

Retarder ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (33 views/month).[1] Retarder has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7] Retarder is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Retarder. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/retarder-q1530499
MLA “Retarder.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/retarder-q1530499.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_retarder-q1530499_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Retarder}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/retarder-q1530499}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Retarder — https://4ort.xyz/entity/retarder-q1530499 (retrieved 2026-04-10)

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