abacus

architectural term; flat slab forming the uppermost member or division of the capital of a column
Place architectural_term Q208454
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Summary

abacus is an architectural term[1]. abacus draws 287 Wikipedia views per month (architectural_term category, ranking #2 of 5).[2]

Key Facts

  • abacus's instance of is recorded as architectural term[3].
  • abacus is a type of architectural element[4].
  • abacus is part of column[5].
  • abacus is part of capital[6].
  • abacus's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[7].
  • abacus's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8].
  • abacus's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9].
  • abacus's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[10].
  • abacus's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[11].
  • abacus's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[12].
  • abacus's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[13].
  • abacus's described by source is recorded as Yuzhakov Big Encyclopedia[14].
  • abacus's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[15].
  • abacus's described by source is recorded as The Encyclopedia Americana[16].
  • abacus's described by source is recorded as Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[17].
  • abacus's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[18].
  • abacus's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[19].
  • abacus's described by source is recorded as Zedler, Großes vollständiges Universallexicon aller Wissenschaften und Künste[20].
  • abacus's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[21].

Body

Geography

Part of include column[5] and capital[6].

Designation and Status

abacus's instance of is recorded as architectural term[3].

Why It Matters

abacus draws 287 Wikipedia views per month (architectural_term category, ranking #2 of 5).[2] abacus has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] abacus is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13d ago · JAn Dudík · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 48
    Subclass of → —
    Instance of → architectural term
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'az', 'be', 'bg', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'eo', 'e
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