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vacuum tube

device that controls electric current between electrodes in an evacuated container
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Summary

vacuum tube ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,329 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: electronic component[2], active electronic component[3]
  • Commons category: Vacuum tubes[4]
  • Time of discovery or invention: 1904[5]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Vacuum tubes[6]
  • Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[7], Small Soviet Encyclopedia[8]
  • Partially coincident with: vacuum tube[9]
  • History of topic: history of electronic tubes[10]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[11]

Why It Matters

vacuum tube has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 49 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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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. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 2VqFEf
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  2. 15w ago · Al Lemos · 2026-07-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Partially coincident with → vacuum tube
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Partially coincident with: vacuum tube"
  3. 23w ago · InternetArchiveBot bot · 2026-05-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Partially coincident with → vacuum tube
    History of topic → history of electronic tubes
    Aliases → —
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    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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