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A4

Summary

A4 is a paper size[1]. A4 draws 248 Wikipedia views per month (paper_size category, ranking #2 of 4).[2]

Key Facts

  • A4 is credited with the discovery of Walter Porstmann[3].
  • A4's instance of is recorded as paper size[4].
  • A4's part of is recorded as A series[5].
  • A4's Commons category is recorded as DIN A4[6].
  • +1922-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of A4[7].
  • A4's different from is recorded as A4[8].
  • A4's different from is recorded as octavo[9].
  • A4's height is recorded as {'unit': 'Q174789', 'amount': '+297'}[10].
  • A4's width is recorded as {'unit': 'Q174789', 'amount': '+210'}[11].
  • A4's uses is recorded as square root of 2[12].
  • A4's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/121bwrgt[13].
  • A4's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as A4[14].
  • A4's Yle topic ID is recorded as 18-159625[15].
  • A4's Lex ID is recorded as A4[16].
  • A4's Namuwiki ID is recorded as A4[17].
  • A4's Dictionary of Archives Terminology ID is recorded as a4[18].
  • A4's WikiKids ID is recorded as A4_(papierformaat)[19].
  • A4's ONIX codelist ID is recorded as 175/B121[20].
  • A4's museum-digital tag ID is recorded as 41094[21].
  • A4's ComputerLanguage.com definition is recorded as A4+paper[22].
  • A4's Dimensions.com element ID is recorded as a4-paper[23].

Body

Publication

A4's part of is recorded as A series[5].

Why It Matters

A4 draws 248 Wikipedia views per month (paper_size category, ranking #2 of 4).[2] A4 has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] A4 is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . papersizes.org. papersizes.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . papersizes.org. papersizes.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). A4. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/a4
MLA “A4.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/a4.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_a4_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{A4}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/a4}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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