wire

flexible strand or rod of metal composed of one or more strands
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wire

Summary

wire ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (831 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • wire is made of steel[2].
  • wire is made of copper[3].
  • wire is made of aluminium[4].
  • wire is made of metallic material[5].
  • wire is a type of material[6].
  • wire is a type of electrical conductor[7].
  • wire is a type of fiber[8].
  • wire is part of node[9].
  • wire is used for electrical conductor[10].
  • wire is used for tension element[11].
  • wire is used for string[12].
  • wire's Commons category is recorded as Wires[13].
  • wire's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Wire[14].
  • wire's Commons gallery is recorded as Wire[15].
  • wire's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16].
  • wire's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[17].
  • wire's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18].
  • wire's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[19].
  • wire's different from is recorded as electrical cable[20].
  • wire's different from is recorded as optical fiber[21].
  • wire's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[22].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include material[6], electrical conductor[7], and fiber[8].

Use and Application

Recorded has use include electrical conductor[10], tension element[11], and string[12]. wire is part of node[9].

Why It Matters

wire ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (831 views/month).[1] wire has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] wire is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

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.
  8. [9] . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of
    Bbc things id 40ec99f4-c6c9-4cf8-bcd0-eddfab955fcc
    On focus list of wikimedia project Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Subclass of material, electrical conductor, fiber
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|11 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 189, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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