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wire

flexible strand or rod of metal composed of one or more strands
Thing general Q551997
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Summary

wire ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,624 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Made from material: steel[2], copper[3], aluminium[4], metallic material[5]
  • Subclass of: material[6], electrical conductor[7], fiber[8]
  • Part of: node[9]
  • Has use: electrical conductor[10], tension element[11], string[12]
  • Commons category: Wires[13]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Wire[14]
  • Commons gallery: Wire[15]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[17], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[19]
  • Different from: electrical cable[20], optical fiber[21]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[22]
  • P14692: ciao[23]

Why It Matters

wire has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] wire is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

Related Entities

twistor memory

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

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. 4w ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Iev number → 151-12-28
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Iev number: 151-12-28, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/102056067|wire (#102056067)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/3984|IEC 60050]] #mix'n'match"
  2. 7w ago · Lucidieaux · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14692 → ciao
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48942|batch #48942]]: Add OSM wiki item IDs to items with matching OSM keys"
  3. 10w ago · WikiLucas00 · 2026-08-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Pronunciation audio → LL-Q8097 (tel)-ప్రశాంతి-వైరు.wav
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Pronunciation audio: LL-Q8097 (tel)-ప్రశాంతి-వైరు.wav"
  4. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0006175-draty
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0006175-draty, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
  5. 21w 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 */ Yso id: 189, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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