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act

division or unit of a drama
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Summary

act is a literature term[1]. act draws 800 Wikipedia views per month (literature term category, ranking #15 of 47).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: part[3]
  • Part of: play[4]
  • Described by source: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[5], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[6], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[7], Pauly–Wissowa[8], Riemann's Music Dictionary[9], Basque Literature Terms Dictionary[10]

Why It Matters

act has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] act is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . euskaltzaindia.eus. Retrieved . euskaltzaindia.eus. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_act-q421744-2_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{act}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/act-q421744-2}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-17}}
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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. 4d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Isocat id → 5391
    Sitelink count → 38
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'ba', 'be', 'bew', 'ca', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'et', 'fa',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Isocat id: 5391, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/7330412|act (#7330412)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/125|ISOCAT]] #mix'n'match"
  2. 22w ago · Red Sneak · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Label in sign language → LL-Q33302 (fsl)-Taliba31-acte (théâtre).webm
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Label in sign language: LL-Q33302 (fsl)-Taliba31-acte (théâtre).webm"
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