applause

primarily a form of ovation, usually by the act of clapping, or striking the palms of the hands together, in order to create noise, to indicate approval, enjoyment, admiration, etc.
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applause

Summary

applause ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (130 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • applause's image is recorded as Arabic arts festival applause.jpg[2].
  • applause's audio is recorded as Applaus van een middelgroot gezelschap - SoundCloud - Beeld en Geluid.ogg[3].
  • applause's GND ID is recorded as 4144363-9[4].
  • applause's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85006105[5].
  • applause's subclass of is recorded as gesture[6].
  • applause's subclass of is recorded as clapping[7].
  • applause's Commons category is recorded as Applause[8].
  • applause's Unicode character is recorded as 👏[9].
  • applause's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/028ght[10].
  • applause's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 811968[11].
  • applause's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0079588[12].
  • applause's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0159664[13].
  • applause's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[14].
  • applause's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
  • applause's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16].
  • applause's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[17].
  • applause's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[18].
  • applause's BBC Things ID is recorded as 55a5332e-58c0-4914-b873-48a93844fd60[19].
  • applause's different from is recorded as Aplauso[20].
  • applause's different from is recorded as clapping[21].
  • applause's BabelNet ID is recorded as 00005053n[22].
  • applause's Fandom article ID is recorded as memory-alpha:Applause[23].
  • applause's Krugosvet article is recorded as kultura_i_obrazovanie/teatr_i_kino/APLODISMENTI.html[24].
  • applause's Australian Educational Vocabulary ID is recorded as scot/16429[25].
  • applause's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007294178905171[26].

Why It Matters

applause ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (130 views/month).[1] applause has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] applause is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
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  9. [10] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  18. [19] . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
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  21. [22] . BabelNet. wikidata.org.
  22. [23] . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] . National Library of Israel. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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