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Summary
8 is a positive integer[1]. 8 ranks in the top 0.69% of positive_integer entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,626 views/month, #5 of 724).[2]
Key Facts
- 8's instance of is recorded as positive integer[3].
- 8's instance of is recorded as Leyland number[4].
- 8's instance of is recorded as composite number[5].
- 8's instance of is recorded as even number[6].
- 8's instance of is recorded as cube[7].
- 8's instance of is recorded as centered heptagonal number[8].
- 8's instance of is recorded as heptagonal pyramidal number[9].
- 8's instance of is recorded as octagonal number[10].
- 8's instance of is recorded as magic number[11].
- 8's instance of is recorded as power of two[12].
- 8's instance of is recorded as Fibonacci number[13].
- 8's instance of is recorded as harshad number[14].
- 8 followed 7[15].
- 8 was followed by Q19108[16].
- 8's Commons category is recorded as 8 (number)[17].
- 8's Unicode character is recorded as 8[18].
- 8's Unicode character is recorded as ⁸[19].
- 8's Unicode character is recorded as ₈[20].
- 8's Unicode character is recorded as ⑻[21].
- 8's Unicode character is recorded as ❽[22].
- 8's Unicode character is recorded as ⑧[23].
- 8's Unicode character is recorded as ⓼[24].
- 8's Unicode character is recorded as ➇[25].
- 8's Unicode character is recorded as ➑[26].
- 8's Unicode character is recorded as ⒏[27].
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Definition and Type
Recorded instance of include positive integer[3], Leyland number[4], composite number[5], even number[6], cube[7], and centered heptagonal number[8].
Influence
Things named for 8 include October[28], a calendar month[29]; Yatagarasu[30], a kami[31]; Yata no Kagami[32], a Shinto mirror[33], in Japan[34]; Super Eight[35], a boy band[36], founded in 2002[37]; Šargan Eight[38], a narrow-gauge railway[39], in Serbia[40]; Achtkarspelen[41], a municipality of the Netherlands[42], in Netherlands[43]; and Miniopterus Bat coronavirus HKU8[44], a taxon[45].
Why It Matters
8 ranks in the top 0.69% of positive_integer entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,626 views/month, #5 of 724).[2] 8 has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[46] 8 is known by 69 alternative names across languages and contexts.[47]
Entities named for 8 include October[28], a calendar month[29]; Yatagarasu[30], a kami[31]; Yata no Kagami[32], a Shinto mirror[33], in Japan[34]; Super Eight[35], a boy band[36], founded in 2002[37]; Šargan Eight[38], a narrow-gauge railway[39], in Serbia[40]; and Achtkarspelen[41], a municipality of the Netherlands[42], in Netherlands[43].